Greensboro's Child » verdict http://allacesmedia.com/greensboroschild The Greensboro Masscre of a Family Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:11:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 [Video] Sure We Paid, But We’ve Got Nothing To Apoligize For http://allacesmedia.com/greensboroschild/2006/06/05/video-sure-we-paid-but-weve-got-nothing-to-apoligize-for/ http://allacesmedia.com/greensboroschild/2006/06/05/video-sure-we-paid-but-weve-got-nothing-to-apoligize-for/#comments Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:56:11 +0000 Andy Coon http://www.greensboroschild.com/2006/06/05/video-sure-we-paid-but-weve-got-nothing-to-apoligize-for/ After the defendants in the shootings were twice acquitted in state and federal trials, a civil trial found that Klansmen, Nazis and members of the Greensboro Police Department were jointly liable for the wrongful death of one of the five CWP members killed.

Instead of appealing the decision, the city of Greensboro decided to to pick up the civil trial award tab — $395,000 — for all of the defendants.

Jim Melvin, Mayor of Greensboro from 1971 to 1981, provides context behind the decision:

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