In the early morning hours of January 6, 1976, a sense of routine was shattered in Alexander City, Alabama, when Patrolman Clarence Oden Martin, a 44-year-old African-American officer with the Alexander City Police Department, was tragically killed. A veteran of the United States Army who had served in the Korean War, Martin had been with the police force for just over two years when his life was cut short in a calculated act of violence.
The day began like any other for Patrolman Martin,
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