Word: marimow
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Dates: during 1978-1978
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...William Marimow knew better. A native Philadelphian, he had been an Inquirer reporter since 1972 and had seen the city's police grow increasingly intransigent under Mayor Frank Rizzo, the city's former top cop. The situation galled Marimow as much as it did Neumann. Joining forces, the two produced a well-documented series of articles that exposed local police brutality and that have to date led to the indictment of 15 policemen. So far nine have been convicted and three acquitted, and three are awaiting trial. Seven more cops have been arrested, and two others have pleaded...
...Philadelphia story was one of the most elaborate Pulitzer-winning investigations since the Watergate days of Woodward and Bernstein-a pair that Neumann, 28, and Marimow, 30, evoke in their youth, dedication and hand-in-glove collaborative ease. They even had a "Deep Nightstick," a source with close ties to the police department who nudged their investigations in the right direction. Neumann and Marimow's first major step was obtaining from court administrators a rundown of pretrial hearings in 433 Philadelphia homicide cases between 1974 and 1977. To their surprise, statements or confessions had been thrown out because...
After their series appeared, Neumann and Marimow received hundreds of phone calls and letters from citizens claiming that they too had been unjustly assaulted by police. The reporters are now working full time on those complaints. Says Inquirer Metropolitan Editor John Carroll: "As long as the police are beating people, we're going to cover...
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