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Three White Officers Charged in Detroit Civil Rights Case
Federal grand jury in Detroit indicted Ronald August David Senak and Robert Paille white police officers and Melvin Dismukes for conspiring to violate the civil rights of 10 people during the Algiers Motel riot. Victims include two of the three killed, with charges under the 1871 Civil Rights Act.
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Detroit
Melvin Dismukes
U.S
Lawrence Gabow
Ronald August
David Senak
Robert Paille
Dismukes
Recorder’s Court
Algiers
Paille