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    Vol. 70/No. 5           February 6, 2006 
 
 
Georgia: protesters demand the truth
after man dies in police custody

 

Photos by Associated Press

Some 100 protesters marched on the Marshallville, Georgia, police station January 20 hours after Clarence Walker, a 48-year-old Black man, died while in custody. Relatives saw him pepper-sprayed by the police and his face covered in bruises. Later, town police chief Stephen Stewart’s house was found burned to the ground. Top, James Jackson, brother of Clarence Walker, and family gathered at home in Marshallville after Walker’s death. Bottom, cops look over charred remains of police chief’s home.  
 
 
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