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I have removed the following statements as uncited:
I have no objection to restoring the information if it can be attributed to a reliable source, preferably with attribution if that facts are disputed. Location ( talk) 19:22, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Reading Mr. Bolden's book, I would have hoped for more of a response from Wikipedia than the mere acknowledgement that he claims to have been framed; he claims much more than that. Being framed implies there is sufficient evidence, but evidence was manufactured or the interpretation of the evidence is incorrect. He claims to have been denied a fair trial (even while being framed) by a federal court judge, and denied that fair trial in a manner which is breathtaking, in that he alleges the judge and the prosecution took risks one would have thought irrational in this country, even when trying a black man before an all white jury in the 1960's. He further claims to have been denied access to the transcripts of his case for decades after, and a consequent inability to obtain judicial relief. I fully understand Wikipedia's desire for objectivity, but in my mind this is going a step too far in the search for acceptability to federal authority.
2001:5B0:2918:FC70:71FB:EE61:EC71:3066 (
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BTW, and further on the same point, when one witness in the case asserts that he committed perjury, and does so on the record, and indicates a second witness, a federal law enforcement person, secured that perjured testimony, and when the author (Mr. B) alleges in his book that the second witness when asked repeatedly if this is true always asserts his fifth amendment right, I think some mention of the facts is appropriate beyond merely that it is the criminal's position that he was framed. I find it incredible that any federal employee in such a case would not face a public investigation and discipline at the very least IF he acted on his own [that might be naive today, but forty years ago it would have been shocking]. If he didn't act on his own, I would hope that someone at Wikipedia would at least remark on the facts. Anyone reading this and having read the book would come away thinking that Wiki is another arm of the Warren Commission, and that their primary aim is to hide the ball.
Of course, if the account in Mr. B's book is false, then it should be completely debunked. In a situation like this someone should be standing up.
2001:5B0:2918:FC70:71FB:EE61:EC71:3066 (
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JFK murder plots planned in Chicago before Dallas assassination. November 5, 2013 article. ABC 7 Chicago.
"The I-Team has discovered not just one, but two plots to cut down JFK in Chicago in early November, 1963."
Abraham Bolden info in the article. -- Timeshifter ( talk) 07:46, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
I removed the undue weight tag that was placed without discussion of what material is thought to be unbalanced. - Location ( talk) 15:38, 4 August 2022 (UTC)