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Johnson Chesnut Whittaker (August 23, 1858 – January 14, 1931) [1] was one of the first black men to win an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. [2] When at the academy, he was brutally assaulted and then expelled after being falsely accused and convicted of faking the incident. [ 3 ]
Assault at West Point is a 1994 Showtime made-for-cable drama film about Johnson Chesnut Whittaker, one of the first black cadets at West Point, and the trial that followed an assault he suffered in 1880. The film features Samuel L. Jackson, who portrays a lawyer who defends Whittaker.
Police arrested 15-year-old Edward C. Ector after the attack. [177] [178] [179] October 9, 1991 New York City, New York, United States 1 dead 17-year-old Tryon Whittaker was shot to death by another youth outside of James Monroe High School in The Bronx. The boys had reportedly got into an argument and Whittaker challenged the other youth to a ...
A "serial child rapist" was arrested in Missouri after more than two decades on the lam, according to the U.S. 'Serial child rapist' on the run for more than 2 decades is arrested in Missouri ...
May 7—A man accused of randomly attacking multiple people in Downtown Albuquerque last month has been arrested in the Midwest. Brian Eisenbeis, 43, was taken into custody in St. Louis on Tuesday ...
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Cominsky had been arrested on a DWI charge, but it was later dismissed. He was also arrested for alleged reckless driving, a felony hit-and-run and assault on law enforcement, according to NV Daily. Cominsky died by hanging, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Virginia. Jail or Agency: RSW Regional Jail; State: Virginia
Charles Evans Whittaker Federal Courthouse. Missouri was admitted as a state on August 10, ... L. Johnson: death 17 Elmo Bolton Hunter: MO: 1915–2003 1965–1980