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JOE MATHEWS: The Chokehold

Summary by The Bakersfield Californian
On Oct. 6, 1976, LAPD pulled over 24-year-old Adolph Lyons for a burnt-out tail light. Four white officers, guns drawn, ordered him out of the car.

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JOE MATHEWS: The chokehold

On Oct. 6, 1976, LAPD pulled over 24-year-old Adolph Lyons for a burnt-out tail light. Four white officers, guns drawn, ordered him out of the car.

·Bakersfield, United States
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