Hunters Point Residents Protest Papa Charlie Killing

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KPIX Eyewitness News report from August 23rd 1978 in San Francisco featuring scenes of residents from Bayview Hunters Point picketing downtown outside City Hall, in protest against the killing of "Mr James." Please note that the original KPIX-TV shot log described this item as follows: "PAPA CHARLIE: today the NAACP and Hunters Point residents demonstrated in front of City Hall to protest the exonerated 5 police officers involved with the killing of Papa Charlie on July 19 1978." Also includes an interview with a spokesman, who expresses his belief that: "If this incident had occured in the Richmond or the Sunset [districts], the individuals involved would be criminally prosecuted."

Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Date aired
8/23/1978
Recording medium
16mm color, magnetic sound film
1:14
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Type of material
archival newsfilm
Identifier
KPIX 141387
Views
3407

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