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It began after James Powell, a 15-year-old African American, was shot and killed by police Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan in front of Powell's friends and about a dozen other witnesses. Hundreds of students from Powell's school protested the killing.
Jan 29, 2023 · The people of Harlem were mourning the loss of 15-year-old James Powell, a Black teenager fatally shot by Thomas Gilligan, a white, off-duty police officer. Anna Powell, mother of James Powell ...
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When veteran officer Thomas Gilligan fatally shot 15-year-old James Powell, violent protests erupted throughout the neighbourhood.
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On July 16, 1964, Thomas Gilligan, an off-duty New York City police lieutenant, intervened in an argument between James Powell and an apartment building superintendent on East 76th Street. Gilligan alleged that he fatally shot Powell in self-defense as Powell attempted to stab him with a knife.
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According to the Department of Justice memo, Gilligan was still alive at the time of the investigation, and the FBI went to his home on November 21, 2011, to question him. The memo, however,...
Dec 4, 2017 · The Harlem uprising began on July 16, 1964 when 15-year-old James Powell was shot and killed by white off-duty police Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan. The Harlem community was infuriated by the murder which it viewed as an unnecessary example of police brutality.
The boy crumpled to the ground in front of the building. The pocket knife he was said to have carried was found in the street, a foot from the curb, the police said. The police said later that...
