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Ten O'Clock News; Panel on "stop and search"
05/08/1990
Rudolph Pierce, Mickey Roache and others hold forum with students at Humphrey Center on "stop and search" tactics by Boston police. Rebecca Rollins reports that Boston lawyers and police officials participated in a forum with students at Madison Park High School. Rollins notes that the topic of the forum was gang activity and the Boston Police Department's stop-and-search procedures. Rollins notes that students and community members have complained about unreasonable stop-and-search procedures by police offiicers. Rollins' report includes footage from the forum. Panelists include Rudolph Pierce (Boston Bar Association), Joan Stanley (Colette Manoil Law Offices) and Francis "Mickey" Roache (Police Commissioner, City of Boston). Pierce says that police have the right to stop a person if there is reasonable suspicion of guilt. Dennis Jean (senior, Madison Park High School) talks about his experiences with police officers who have stopped him. Candido Brown (junior, Madison Park High School) asks why police should be able to search him if he is innocent. Roache tells students that the police department is obliged to protect the rights of citizens. Rollins reports that the forum will help to improve communication between youth and police. Rollins' report includes footage of police officers arresting an African American man. This tape includes additional footage of the forum at Madison Park High School.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Panel on "stop and search"
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:06:53
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Police
- African American students
- Discrimination in law enforcement
- Arrest (Police methods)
- Boston (Mass.). Police Dept.
- Civil rights
- Urban youth
- Locations
- Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Rollins, Rebecca (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Panel on "stop and search",” 05/08/1990, GBH Archives, accessed September 17, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_804F4FC780F4413F877FCA357D31803F.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Panel on "stop and search".” 05/08/1990. GBH Archives. Web. September 17, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_804F4FC780F4413F877FCA357D31803F>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Panel on "stop and search". Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_804F4FC780F4413F877FCA357D31803F