21 Facts About Glenville shootout

1.

Quite often, single-family homes in Glenville shootout were subdivided into four or more apartments, each of which accommodated a large, extended family.

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2.

Glenville shootout served in the Korean War, where he won several medals for meritorious service.

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3.

Glenville shootout drove a city bus for two years, then reenlisted in 1954.

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4.

Glenville shootout struck an officer, was court-martialed, and was sentenced to two years' hard labor and a dishonorable discharge.

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5.

Glenville shootout's sentence was later reduced to undesirable discharge, and he left the Army after just seven months.

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6.

Glenville shootout opened the Afro Culture Shop and Bookstore on Superior Avenue, which drew the attention of local police because it often served as a gathering place for young black militants.

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7.

Glenville shootout was checking the license plate of the automobile a few moments later when a man with a shotgun standing at the corner of Beulah and Lakeview shot him in the back.

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8.

Glenville shootout ran toward and then north up E 123rd Street, and Evans shot him in the right side.

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9.

Federal government's official report on the Glenville shootout suggested that the tow truck was not a target of the New Libyans.

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10.

Glenville shootout claimed police snipers were already in the area and targeting him and his followers for assassination.

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11.

Glenville shootout claimed he was nowhere near the tow truck when shots were fired.

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12.

Glenville shootout said he heard submachine gun fire, and said he assumed this was the blast which killed Leroy Mansfield Williams.

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13.

Glenville shootout was shot as he exited his vehicle, but managed to get to cover.

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14.

Glenville shootout's jammed carbine was found in the bushes in front of the building where he was found.

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15.

Glenville shootout taped a brief message at WKYC-TV, telling people about the gunfight, and asking them to stay out of the area and remain at home.

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16.

Glenville shootout was committed to Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

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17.

Glenville shootout's sentence meant that he would spend a minimum of 110 years in prison.

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18.

Glenville shootout's attorneys argued that, under Ohio law, a Juvenile Court was required to find a juvenile delinquent, as well as determine that the juvenile could not be rehabilitated under the juvenile justice system, before that juvenile could be turned over to the Court of Common Pleas for indictment as an adult.

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19.

Glenville shootout's case went to the Supreme Court of Ohio, which in 1970 nullified the indictments against him in In re Jackson, 21 Ohio St 2d 215.

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20.

White police on the Cleveland force reacted bitterly toward Stokes after the Glenville shootout, blaming him for supporting radicals like Evans and for providing him with the funds to arm himself.

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21.

Glenville shootout agreed to hire 500 new police officers, purchase 164 new patrol cars, and establish a police training academy.

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