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Lawrence news April 18, 2024 - 9:43 pm

Lawrence Historic Resources Commission defers decision on markers memorializing Tiger Dowdell, Nick Rice

by Conner Mitchell

Nearly four years after the conversation began to memorialize two teenagers killed by Lawrence police in 1970, the Historic Resources Commission on Thursday deferred a decision on the design and language of markers that would be placed near the scenes of the killings.

Lawrence news February 28, 2024 - 4:09 pm

Markers memorializing Tiger Dowdell, Nick Rice could be back on city agendas in coming months

by Conner Mitchell

Markers remembering two teenagers killed by Lawrence police in the summer of 1970 could finally see their way back onto the agenda of the city’s Historic Resources Commission in the coming months.

Lawrence news April 17, 2023 - 2:24 pm

City moving forward on markers to memorialize Tiger Dowdell and Nick Rice, killed by Lawrence police in 1970

by Conner Mitchell

Since the Lawrence City Commission in August 2020 approved creating historical markers to memorialize the 1970 police killings of two teenagers, the process to bring those markers to fruition has been slow, but it is moving forward.

Crime & Courts March 24, 2023 - 10:07 pm

Kamarjay Shaw ‘loved hard’ and ‘had the heart of a lion,’ parents of slain Lawrence teen say

by Maya Hodison

Fearless and big-hearted are how family members of a 14-year-old Lawrence boy recently shot and killed remember him. Kamarjay Shaw’s parents and loved ones said they won’t quit until he gets justice.

Lawrence news July 16, 2022 - 12:53 pm

The Murder of Tiger Dowdell: July 16, 1970

by Conner Mitchell

“We could’ve killed him, gone home and had dinner. That’s how strong the hate was,” Sakeim Dowdell recalled, 52 years after a Lawrence police officer shot and killed his younger brother, Rick “Tiger” Dowdell.

Lawrence news July 16, 2022 - 12:52 pm

The Murder of Tiger Dowdell: A lasting impact

by Conner Mitchell

All told, Tiger Dowdell’s murder — at the hands of a police department that had threatened to kill him shortly before his death, his grandmother told the KBI — drastically changed the fabric of Lawrence.

Lawrence news July 16, 2022 - 12:52 pm

The Murder of Tiger Dowdell: More questions than answers

by Conner Mitchell

A KBI case file leaves one prevailing question which may ultimately be lost to history: Why did Lawrence Police Officer William Garrett shoot and kill Rick “Tiger” Dowdell on July 16, 1970?

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Education August 3, 2021 - 9:16 pm

Free State High School student wins Equal Justice Initiative essay contest

by Conner Mitchell

“A Black body is the most disposable body in America. America has proved this time and time again,” Free State High School student Ryan Brown read from her prize-winning essay Tuesday.

Lawrence news July 20, 2021 - 5:19 pm

Who killed Nick Rice? Epilogue: An eyewitness still grappling with painful memories of a tumultuous era

by Conner Mitchell

As an epilogue to The Lawrence Times eight-part series on the death of Nick Rice in July 1970, read a personal account of the night’s events from a bystander just feet away from Rice when he was killed.

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Lawrence news July 16, 2021 - 4:00 am

The KBI declined to release its case file on Rick ‘Tiger’ Dowdell’s 1970 killing by Lawrence police; here’s why it matters (Analysis)

by Conner Mitchell

The KBI will, at least temporarily, continue to keep in the dark records that could finally shed light on a case of police violence that has been imprinted in the fabric of Lawrence for exactly 51 years.

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