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Ben Greenberg Jul 25, 2023

I dig into this civil rights cold case in “A Death Ruled ‘Justifiable’: The Killing of #JohnWesleyWilder,” my contribution to “Still Paying the Price: #Reparations in Real Terms,” a new #podcast series from #LWCStudios. I reported, produced and wrote the episode, which was made in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom #TypeInvestigations and with support from the #FundForInvestigativeJournalism. https://benlog.net/2023/07/24/podcast-a-death-ruled-justifiable-the-killing-of-john-wesley-wilder 7/7

#history #BlackHistory #PoliceBrutality #Ruston #Louisiana #ColdCase

PODCAST: A Death Ruled “Justifiable”: The Killing of John Wesley Wilder - benlog

In July 1965, police officer Edward Alton Nugent shot and killed John Wesley Wilder, a Black man, outside a cafe in Ruston, Louisiana. Local authorities quickly ruled it a justifiable homicide. But in 2008, legislation introduced by Congressman John Lewis, gave hope to families seeking justice for racially motivated homicides prior to 1970. Nugent, the shooter, is still alive, and new evidence has emerged.

Ben Greenberg Jul 25, 2023

In 1965, #police officer Edward Alton Nugent killed #JohnWesleyWilder in #Ruston, #Louisiana. That much is not in dispute. But what happened that night is still an open question. 1/

Ben Greenberg Jul 23, 2023

Stay tuned for “A Death Ruled ‘Justifiable’: The Killing of #JohnWesleyWilder,” my contribution to “Still Paying the Price: #Reparations in Real Terms,” a new #podcast series from #LWCStudios, which drops tomorrow night. A tiny snippet of it is at 1:13 in the trailer.
https://still-paying-the-price.simplecast.com/episodes/introducing-still-paying-the-price

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#PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #Ruston #Louisiana #RacistKillings #history #BlackHistory

Introducing -- Still Paying the Price: Reparations in Real Terms | Still Paying the Price: Reparations in Real Terms

Reparations are due to the descendants of enslaved Africans. The remaining questions are whom to pay and how. This 14-part original series from Peabody-nominated LWC Studios asks key questions of people who have the experience and knowledge to help us understand why we cannot begin to heal as a country without addressing the question of who receives reparations and how.

Still Paying the Price: Reparations in Real Terms

Ben Greenberg Jun 22, 2023

I didn't donate blood in #NYC but I did give a talk on Tuesday at the #NewmarkJSchool’s #UncoveringJusticeStories workshop--on the #PoliceKillings of Army Cpl #RomanDucksworth, Jr. in #Talorsville, #Mississippi in 1962 and #JohnWesleyWilder in #Ruston, #Louisiana in 1965.

New reporting on the Wilder case coming soon. Links to my reporting on Ducksworth at NPR and Frontline here: https://linktr.ee/bengreenberg

#journalism #CUNY #RacistViolence #PoliceBrutality