In the quiet town of Jackson, Alabama, a routine call on a Saturday night in the autumn of 1965 shattered the peace and ended the life of a dedicated public servant. Sergeant Douglas William West, a 52-year-old male officer with the Jackson Police Department, had served his community for a decade. On the evening of November 13, 1965, he and his partner were dispatched to a local gas station to handle a report of a disorderly person.
Upon their arrival at the service station, the two offic
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