No Heroes, No Villains
Steven J. Phillips
- On
- June
- 28,
- 1972
- in
- a
- South
- Bronx
- subway
- station,
- John
- Skagen,
- a
- white
- off-duty
- policeman
- on
- his
- way
- home,
- suddenly
- and
- without
- apparent
- provocation,
- ordered
- James
- Richardson,
- a
- black
- man
- on
- his
- way
- to
- work,
- to
- get
- against
- the
- wall
- and
- put
- his
- hands
- up.
- Richardson
- had
- a
- gun,
- and
- the
- two
- exchanged
- shots.
- In
- the
- melee
- that
- followed,
- Skagen
- was
- fatally
- wounded
- by
- a
- cop
- who
- rushed
- to
- the
- scene.
- In
- the
- ensuing
- trial,
- William
- Kunstler
- handled
- Richardson's
- defense
- and
- the
- author
- of
- this
- book,
- then
- assistant
- district
- attorney,
- prosecuted
- the
- case.
- Here
- is
- a
- first-hand,
- behind-the-scenes
- account
- of
- every
- step
- of
- the proceedings.
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