Paterson, New Jersey

In the late 1960s black men were arrested because they fit a simple description of a black man.White men did everything possible to stop a black man from getting recognized. Professional boxer Rubin Carter was born on May 6, 1937, in Clifton, New Jersey. In 1966, at the height of his boxing career, Carter was wrongfully convicted of a triple murder.Carter was arrested at twelve after attacking a man with a boy scout knife and again in 1957 for purse snatching and served four years in trenton state

played by Morgan Freeman. This film was released on March 3, 1989. Lean on Me was Morgan Freeman’s first major motion picture film where he stars as the lead role. This movie is loosely centered on Joe Clark, a real life principal from Paterson, New Jersey, who, just as the fictional character of Mr. Joe Clark, is a tough, hard, aggressive and abrasive. The fictional character of Joe Clark, who was also nicknamed “Crazy Joe”, was

whole acts to ensure that injustice is served. “Meanwhile in another part of town/ Rubin Carter and a couple of friend are drivin’ around/…When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road/ Just like the time before and the time before that./ In Paterson, that’s just the way things go./ If you’re black you might as well not show up on the street,/ ‘less you wanna draw the heat.” This line shows injustice, as well as the difference between appearance and reality. Although America appears to be a

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It arranges alleged acts of racism and profiling against Carter. Bob Dylan describes as leading to a false trial and conviction. Rubin Carter and John Artis were charged with a triple murder at the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey in 1966. The next year Carter and Artis were found guilty of the murders, which were reported as racially motivated. In the following years, numerous amounts of controversy appeared over the case from allegations of faulty evidence and questionable

prison, that Carter began his boxing career; he was so ferocious and such a force of nature in the ring he earned the nickname “Hurricane”. Carter was arrested for a triple homicide at the Lafayette Bar and Grill, a white establishment in Paterson New Jersey, on June 17 1966. Jury selection for his first trial began April 7, 1967. The atmosphere in Patterson at the time was a tinder box, and many feared that a race riot would be inevitable if Carter was found guilty. The state’s case rested upon

wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he never committed. Rubin Carter in no way has experienced an easy life. He was born on May 6, 1937, in Clifton, New Jersey. At the time, Clifton was a very controversial place to live. Blacks were being treated unfairly from birth because of the color of their skin. When he was about seven he moved with his family to Paterson. At the young age

life sentence, although he believes it was due to racial discrimination, being appealed to racism and not reason, and lastly concealment not disclosure. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was born on May sixth, 1937 in Clifton, New Jersey; although he lived most of his life in Paterson, New Jersey. He survived his childhood by learning fast. At age nine, him and his friends stole clothes from one of the Paterson's stores. Once his father found out about this, his father turned him into the police and was sentenced

'I'm a guilty man, and I am not a guilty man"' (New Jersey). The case of Rubin (Hurricane) Carter has been a heated issue for the last 34 years. In the last year a new movie, The Hurricane, starring Denzel Washington has once again brought this case to the foreground of discussion. The question argued has been is Rubin Carter innocent or guilty of the murders he allegedly committed on June 17, 1966 in the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey. The proof is undeniable that Carter is innocent

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Everyday extraordinary events happen. Events of survival, overcoming great odds, sometimes luck and occasionally stories of great injustice. The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter could defiantly be perceived as one of great injustice. It could also be perceived as a immensely manipulated story made popular due to the views of famous and important people. The most popular belief is the story showcased in the 1999 movie 'The Hurricane'. The film tells the story of an innocent carter, framed for the