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November 16, 2010

Fmr. Alabama State Trooper Sentenced to 6 Months for 1965 Slaying
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A former Alabama state trooper has pleaded guilty to killing a black
protester at a civil rights march 45 years ago. Seventy-seven-year old
James Bonard Fowler pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter two
weeks before he was set to go on trial for the 1965 death of Jimmie Lee
Jackson. Jackson’s slaying set off a protest march in nearby Selma that
became known as "Bloody Sunday" when Alabama police attacked
demonstrators crossing a bridge. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
preached at Jackson’s funeral. Fowler has been sentenced to six months
in prison.



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