Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...than the slaughter of whole scenes, a violence often done to Shakespeare. With some notable exceptions, the performances range from competent to brilliant, and a whole stable of Britain's fine character actors trot through the familiar minor parts: John Gielgud as the righteous John of Gaunt, Celia Johnson as Juliet's nurse and Michael Hordern as her father...
...County, although the largest county in Maryland, seemed more like a small town on the first day of the Johnson trial, which was slated for jury selection...
Blacks say Johnson was only defending himself against police abuse. White residents, on the other hand, say the shooting is an open-and-shut murder case and Johnson must be punished...
...mere mention of his name, Terrance Johnson, is enough to ignite an already explosive situation. You see, Johnson is black, the two slain policemen were white, and any Maryland resident will tell you that the most notorious features of P.G. County are its ultra-tense race relations and its controversial police force...
Many spectators in the courtroom clustered near the windows to listen to the pro-Johnson demonstrators outside beating drums and chanting "Free Terrance" and "We say no to police brutality and racism." The court clerk swooped down on them, chastising them like wayward children to "Keep away from those windows; the blinds are closed for a reason." The whole event reached a sort of anti-climax with the announcement of a delay in the trial because the defendant had changed his plea from self-defense in both shootings to self-defense in the first and temporary insanity in the second...