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Cowboys and Indians : the shooting of J.J. Harper by Sinclair Jr., Gordon is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Cowboys and Indians : the shooting of J.J. Harper about?

When J.j. Harper Of The Island Lake Tribal Council Was Fatally Shot On A Wintry Winnipeg Street In 1988, The City Police Department Was Quick To Absolve The Officer Involved From All Blame. Less Than A Day After The Shooting, Police Chief Herb Stephen Announced That Harper Had Died During A Struggle For Constable Robert Cross's Gun. But The Truth Was Not So Cut And Dried. Far From Closing The Case, Stephen's Remarks Were Just The Start Of This Dramatic Tale Of Sex, Death, Threats, Flimsy Charges, And A Police Force So Out Of Control That A Prominent Lawyer, A Senior Crown Attorney, And A Respected Journalist All Had Reason To Suspect They Were Being Watched By The Police. Pursued Doggedly By Winnipeg Free Press Columnist Gordon Sinclair Jr., The Stranger-than-fiction Story Of The Shooting Of J.j. Harper Points A Finger At The Growing Disaster Of Race Relations And Policing In Canada's Inner Cities.--pub. Desc. Part I. The Struggle -- Part Ii. The Inquest -- Part Iii. The Sacrifice -- Part Iv. The Touch -- Part V. The Verdict -- Part Vi. The Sentence -- Part Vii. The Summing Up. Gordon Sinclair, Jr.

Author

Sinclair Jr., Gordon

Publisher

McClelland & Stewart

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780771080838

Subjects

Social Science, Social_sciences