Word: pursuits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...noticed that a slow-moving 1978 Volkswagen was creating a traffic jam and ordered its driver to pull off the road. But as Urqidi left her car, the VW took off. With lights flashing and sirens screaming, Urqidi and two other patrol cars set off in less than hot pursuit of the escaping vehicle. And followed. And followed. And followed. Through the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties. For four hours and more than 150 miles, tag teams of highway patrol cars and a Los Angeles police helicopter tailed the VW, which never exceeded...
Once they ran him down, police charged Barish, 29, with driving under the influence of alcohol, evading arrest, driving without a valid license and several other outstanding warrants. Throughout the marathon pursuit, police * never attempted to run him off the road. Explained a spokesman: "That only works in the movies...
Morton Downey Jr. has turned foul temper into a TV style. Geraldo Rivera continues to test the bounds of tawdry sensationalism. Phil, Oprah and Sally Jessy race to outdo one another in pursuit of the odd, the aberrant and the kinky. But something even more bizarre and audacious is about to appear on the talk-show scene. Make way for . . . the nice guys...
None of these facts are in dispute or particularly difficult to come by, but the makers of Mississippi Burning, in their pursuit of a box-office smash, chose to ignore them. In the process, they have not only turned history inside out but have also lent support to a racist myth. Says Seth Cagin, co-author of We Are Not Afraid, a rigorous account of the Philadelphia murders: "The film suits the fantasy of the Ku Klux Klan that the FBI was an invading tyrannical force that imposed its will on the South because it played dirty...
...Klux Klan murdered three civil rights workers. A stark new film about the case has won acclaim for its cinematic bravado and for Gene Hackman' s career- capping performance. The movie has also stoked questions about the ways history may be bent in pursuit of rebel- razin' entertainment. See SHOW BUSINESS...