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Feb 9, 2010 · During an outdoor rally in Laurel, Maryland, George Wallace, the governor of Alabama and a presidential candidate, is shot by 21-year-old Arthur Bremer. Three others were wounded, and Wallace...
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May 12, 2022 · HISTORY. How a Failed Assassination Attempt Pushed George Wallace to Reconsider His Segregationist Views. Fifty years ago, a fame-seeker shot the polarizing politician five times, paralyzing...
- Diane Bernard
Arthur Herman Bremer (/ ˈ b r ɛ m ər /; born August 21, 1950) is an American convicted criminal, whose attempt to assassinate U.S. Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace on May 15, 1972, in Laurel, Maryland, left Wallace permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Bremer was found guilty and sentenced to 63 years (53 years after an ...
Mar 22, 2024 · He shot five rounds, and three other people were hurt, in addition to the 52-year-old, though none of their injuries were as serious as the politician’s, who was permanently paralyzed below the waist. Bremer was immediately arrested and was just as quickly found guilty of the crime.
May 15, 2017 · On May 15, 1972, a 21-year-old busboy named Arthur Bremer fired on presidential candidate - and Alabama governor - George Wallace, paralyzing him for life. Here's a look at the people impacted...
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Nov 9, 2007 · — The man who shot and paralyzed Alabama Gov. George Wallace during a 1972 presidential campaign stop in Maryland was released from prison Friday after serving 35 years of his sentence....
May 9, 2012 · Alabama Gov. George Wallace, the front-runner in the next day’s Maryland Democratic presidential primary, had been shot four times at close range at a campaign rally in Laurel and was being...
