In the summer of 1980, a dedicated public servant's life was tragically cut short on the streets of Atlanta. Sergeant James E. Richardson, Jr., a respected 10-year veteran of the Atlanta Police Department and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War, was working undercover on July 19th. His shift took a fatal turn at the intersection of McDaniel and Peters Streets.
While driving an unmarked vehicle, Sergeant Richardson witnessed two men in another car harassing a female gas station
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