Copy of a photograph of Bonita Carter, who was killed on June 22, 1979,, 1979, by police officer George Sands during an incident at Jerry's Convenience Store in the Kingston neighborhood in Birmingham, Alabama.
Carter had committed no offense, but Sands fired at the car she was driving without seeing her or fully understanding the situation. Though an extraordinary committee found the shooting to be unjustified, an internal investigation determined that the officer had acted in accordance with established...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/124826 |