Henry F. Owens, III, comments on the death of Levi Hart

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Title:
Henry F. Owens, III, comments on the death of Levi Hart
Description:
This clip is an except from the program which investigates the events the night Levi Hart, a 14-year-old African American youth from Roxbury, Mass., was killed in a police chase. (Hart, and two other Roxbury youths had stolen and car. When the officers caught up to them, Hart was shot, arguably by Richard Bourque in an act of police brutality.) Say Brother, in a documentary-style program, interviews Andrea Swores (a teacher of Hart's), Jean Hart (Levi Hart's mother), Judge Richard L. Banks (who presided over the inquest), Dr. Luke G. Tedeschi (who performed the second autopsy on Hart's body), Henry F. Owens, III (the Hart family lawyer), and attorney Frank J. McGee (who represented police officer Richard Bourque in the lawsuit that followed). Program features the additional commentary of state representative Doris Bunte and Saundra Graham, the comments of the Chairman of the National Black United Front Rev. Herbert Daughtry, and dramatic reenactments of the morning Hart was killed and of three testimonials from the legal transcript of the initial inquest investigating the shooting (those of eyewitness Harcourt Lewis, Roxbury youth Darrius Williams, and Boston police officer Richard Bourque). Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murphy. Directed by George Rivera.
Creator:
Deare, Beth
Director:
Rivera, George
Producer:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Contributor:
Hill, Rebecca
Contributor:
Hutton, David
Contributor:
Williams-Moore, Evelyn
Contributor:
Banks, Judy
Contributor:
Buccheri, Ron
Contributor:
Sullivan, John L.
Contributor:
Stewart, Aubrey
Contributor:
Deering, Jim
Contributor:
Conroy, Lynn
Contributor:
Easterling, Michael
Contributor:
Macie, Roger
Contributor:
Bennett, Mark
Contributor:
Lane, Frank
Contributor:
Duval, Lynn
Contributor:
MacDonald, Greg
Contributor:
Wong, Evelyn
Contributor:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Contributor:
Barclay, Patrick
Contributor:
Beres, Marc
Contributor:
MacKnight, John
Contributor:
Norton, Chas
Contributor:
Wareham, Skip
Contributor:
Plausse, John
Contributor:
Lewis, Webster
Contributor:
Fairweather, Bill
Contributor:
Brennan, Susan
Contributor:
Gibbs, Deborah
Contributor:
Jenkins, John
Contributor:
Mackles, Gene
Contributor:
Wilson, Bob
Contributor:
Mahard, Fran
Contributor:
Strother, Darlene
Contributor:
Mekuria, Salem
Contributor:
Goldman, Elias
Contributor:
Koppel, Tiit
Date:
April 23, 1981
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Say Brother
Subjects:
Civil rights
Boston (Mass.). Police Dept
Graham, Saundra
African American politicans
Bourque, Richard
Bunte, Doris
Police brutality
Banks, Judge Richard L.
Hart, Levi
Trials (Police misconduct)
Discrimination in law enforcement
Daughtry, Rev. Herbert
African American teenagers
Link to Item:
http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7EB66DB747C74BD5B7C81B320DE048E8
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_7EB66DB747C74BD5B7C81B320DE048E8