In the midst of a tense labor strike that had gripped the town of Decatur, Arkansas, Constable Lester Kenneth Setser, a 32-year-old White male, found himself on duty, trying to maintain peace. It was on June 5, 1951, that a disturbance call from the Pluss Poultry plant set in motion a tragic chain of events. The plant was a focal point of the strike led by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, and tensions were running high, with reports of threats and vandalism crea
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