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When Alexis Charles Newton set off toward home late one night in July 1988, the 33-year-old Black man couldn’t have known he’d end up recounting the evening in detail to a courtroom later that fall. Sure, he had seen the bands of young white men with shaved heads, swastika tattoos and combat boots stomping around Dallas’ Lee Park that summer. But Newton had kept his distance. He had made it home safely every time before, and nothing about that night seemed to suggest a different outcome.
Newton grew up nearby, and as a boy, he swam in the public pool at the park. Later, as an adult, he jogged its trails. Even in his thirties, he sometimes met his friends there for football games, to toss a baseball or to throw a Frisbee. He’d attended concerts at the park. It was his neighborhood.
it had already been called for another special purpose, but we add that had to their purpose so they had the flexibility. and it was i thought a brilliantly conducted investigation. i guess barry kowalski was the lead attorney in it. now, bobby eddy who is the chief investigator for the mobile county district attorney s office, he testified, quote, without his, meaning sessions cooperation, the state could not have proceeded against henry hayes on the capital murder charge. chris galanos who is the mobile county district attorney in 1981 stated, quote, we needed some horsepower which the feds through jeff sessions provided. specifically, we needed the investigative power of the fbi and the power of the federal grand jury. i reached out to him, sessions, and he responded, quote, tell me what you need and you ll have it. and, indeed, your office