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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Mon Jan 27, 2020, 12:33 PM Jan 2020

One perspective: from "Mississippi Burning"---

Agent Ward ( Dafoe ): "Don't drag me into your gutter, Mr. Anderson!"

Agent Anderson ( Hackman ): "These people are crawling out of the SEWER, MR. WARD! Maybe the gutter is where we oughta be!"

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One perspective: from "Mississippi Burning"--- (Original Post) Atticus Jan 2020 OP

Some great lines in that movie, based on a 1964 murder investigation - lies, racism, brutality. AnotherMother4Peace Jan 2020 #1

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,250 posts)

1. Some great lines in that movie, based on a 1964 murder investigation - lies, racism, brutality.

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Mon Jan 27, 2020, 02:10 PM

Jan 2020

The town needed to "keep quiet" - but facts emerged and people started to talk and bombings happened and threats realized. It's a hard movie for me to watch because of the brutality and insanity of racists.

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