Word: ganges
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...They were a ragtag gang of young Dublin friends that grew up with dreams of stardom...
...part of York lay in smoldering ruins and National Guard tanks patrolled the streets. "But everyone thought it was even." And for nearly the rest of the century the carnage remained an open, unpursued secret: no accounting, no justice. Then in April, two brothers--members of a white street gang--were indicted for a murder from that long-ago week. Police have since arrested six more suspects, last week including a former badge wearer: Mayor Robertson. Suddenly not only was York talking about its secret, so was America...
...affidavit says that during the race riots, Robertson provoked trouble by addressing a rally and yelling "White power!" Then, the affidavit continues, he provided ammunition to a gang known as the Newberry Street Boys and told them, "If I weren't a cop, I would be leading commando raids against n______ in the black neighborhoods." The ammunition that Robertson allegedly handed out was used on the night of July 21, 1969, when a car carrying a black family turned onto Newberry Street by mistake. It had got no more than a block when the driver saw a crowd...
...grand jury says that never happened. It says he went over and began talking to several armed Newberry Street gang members while another officer tended to the people in the car. No arrests were made. For decades, the city simply did not to talk about it--until a local newspaper story on the 30th anniversary ripped open old scars. "Before, people were just afraid or felt threatened," says a local businessman. "But York is a changing, more open and prosperous city today." The businessman, however, asked to remain anonymous...
...years have taken their toll on those who kept the secrets. When police began re-examining the case less than two years ago, they questioned a gang member who left a taped confession implicating fellow members before killing himself. Three other members suspected in the shooting have committed suicide. Two more died in accidents. July 1969 produced a case that will not be easy to close. But it can no longer take refuge in silence...