2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumYou Rock Chief Murphy of the Montgomery Police Force....You absolutely rock!!!
Just watched Rachel and saw the clip of Captain Murphy giving John Lewis his own badge as part of an apology to Mr. Lewis. The apology was for the manner in which the Montgomery Police Force conducted itself during the Civil Rights Era.
Its rare when I get emotional and when the segment started and I heard Montgomery Alabama Chief of Police , I said, God what now..?
It truly was an astounding segment..
Im out the door and dont have a link...Sorry,
But would one of my friends here provide it?
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)But doesn't seem to include the presentation of badge.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Normally it would be some kind of ceremonial prop. Im still kind of amazed!
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Historic NY
(37,470 posts)elleng
(131,658 posts)AnnieBW
(10,494 posts)That is just freakin' incredible! Bravo to you, Chief Murphy!
trueblue2007
(17,258 posts)john lewis is a great man
Cha
(298,354 posts)thanks buster!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Kennah
(14,392 posts)busterbrown
(8,515 posts)It must seem like a scene of terror for so many racists.
Thanks for the post!!!
Loryn
(945 posts)Long overdue.
ncgrits
(916 posts)His email address from the Montgomery Police Department web site is:
kmurphy@montgomeryal.gov
ON EDIT: My well-intentioned email bounced back. So maybe he's not accepting mail at the moment. I hope it's not because he's been catching a lot of crap. . . .
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