Wrong stop a lethal mistake in the Bronx shooting
A Brooklyn man speaking Yugoslavian was killed after getting off at the wrong Bronx subway stop. Jakup Vucetovic, 40, was shot in the stomach at 6:50 p.m. and died at Bronx Lebanon Hospital. His brother Osman accompanied him by cab. the gunman fled.
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Bronx
Jakup Vucetovic
Brooklyn
Osman
Bronx Lebanon Hospital
Jakup
Lebanon
Million awarded to Freedom Rider in Alabama attack
Walter Bergman, 84, a Freedom Rider beaten in 1961 Alabama, wins $1 million in damages from the federal government. Judge Enslen found government liability due to withheld documents and FBI letters warning of Klan violence, signaling a conspiracy and failed protective action.
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Anniston
Birmingham
Ala
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Alabama
Ensien
J. Edgar Hoover
Robert Kennedy
Enslen
Howard K. Smith
Justice Department
Howard Simon
Michigan
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American Civil Liberties Union
Alabama Ku Klux Klan
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Millionaire hunter De Bari fails to win bank credit cards
Thomas C. De Bari, a 60 year old lottery winner in Hoboken, says two New Jersey banks rejected his applications for an American Express Gold Card and a Visa card despite an annual $71,461 windfall for 20 years. Bank officials cite lack of credit history as a risk, noting high income does not guarantee good credit.
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Hoboken, N.J
Thomas C. de Bari
New Jersey
United Jersey Bank
Express
First Jersey National Bank
de Bari
F.R. Horn IV
United Jersey
Hacensack
Hammond Keith
First Jersey National
Supreme Court bars suits against perjuring police
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that police officers may not be sued for damages under federal civil rights law for perjury on the witness stand. The decision upholds a lower Indiana ruling, forbidding convicted defendants from suing officers for money damages over allegedly false testimony. Justice Stevens led the majority, noting officers' testimony is part of their public duties despite potential injustices.
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Supreme Court
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Harry Blackmun
Internal Revenue Service
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