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...first to try this gambit was Charles V. Harrelson, the Texas hit man who happens to be the father of Cheers star Woody Harrelson. Cornered by cops seeking to arrest him for assassinating a federal judge in Texas, Harrelson, according to Marrs, told lawmen that he was the guy who killed Kennedy. By the time he backed off the story, assassination buffs had already convinced themselves that they had photographic evidence of Harrelson's presence in Dealey Plaza that day. They had "positively" identified him as one of the mysterious "tramps" arrested near the crime scene after the assassination -- conveniently...
Shannon is the author of Desperados: Latin Drug Lords, U.S. Lawmen, and the | War America Can't Win. The book was turned into last year's Emmy-winning mini- series Drug Wars: The Camarena Story. She began working on our cover piece last fall by interviewing U.S. drug-trafficking experts. In March she went to Colombia to describe the world of the cartel chiefs...
...tape of Los Angeles lawmen brutalizing Rodney King is not the first to show police taking part in America's ugliest home videos. Across the country, by accident and sometimes by design, cameras have caught law-enforcement officers in a variety of alarming activities, often directed against people in detention. The results have led to felony charges, disciplinary actions and civil lawsuits...
...Robert Trojanowicz, director of Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice, points out that departments increasingly emphasize better screening of candidates to lower the incidence of police violence. "Generally, police officers as a group use remarkable restraint in highly charged, emotional situations," says Trojanowicz, who believes most lawmen are deeply embarrassed by the Los Angeles beating...
...reporter for the Nashville Tennessean. She worked for several publications before coming to TIME in 1987, and has written a book about Enrique Camarena Salazar, the U.S. DEA agent kidnapped and murdered by Mexican drug traffickers and corrupt officials. Desperados: Latin Drug Lords, U.S. Lawmen, and the War America Can't Win was a best seller in paperback earlier this year. The book was turned into the NBC mini-series Drug Wars: The Camarena Story, which won an Emmy as the best mini-series...