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Ten O'Clock News; Silver Shield rape
11/18/1986
David Boeri reports on the Silver Shield case. Interview with Richard Armstead of the Boston Police Department, who gives his version of the events in the case. Boeri reviews the facts about the case and the people involved. Boeri's reports includes footage of William Celester (Boston Police Department) and photographs of Lucia Kai (Roxbury resident) and police officers Jose Garcia, William Dunn and William Kennefick. Boeri notes that an investigation has cleared the officers of all allegations. Press conference with Francis "Mickey" Roache (Commissioner, Boston Police Department), Albert Sweeney (Boston Police Department), Arthur Morgan (Boston Police Department), and Don Muhammad (Roxbury community leader). Nancy Gleason (spokesperson, Boston Police Department) says that there is no evidence of a crime being committed at the Silver Shield Club. Boeri notes that one of the officers may have told Bruce Wall (Twelfth Baptist Church) about the alleged rape at the club. Interview with Wall, who says that he will not comment on what he was told.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Silver Shield rape
- 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
00:04:47
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Criminal investigation
- Celester, William R.
- Boston (Mass.). Police Dept.
- Police
- Rape
- Locations
- Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Boeri, David (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Silver Shield rape,” 11/18/1986, GBH Archives, accessed March 23, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B3A901986530449EA185171F336BC852.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Silver Shield rape.” 11/18/1986. GBH Archives. Web. March 23, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B3A901986530449EA185171F336BC852>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Silver Shield rape. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B3A901986530449EA185171F336BC852