Tiger Dowdell – Page 2 – The Lawrence Times

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.

Lawrence news June 14, 2021 - 4:46 pm

What’s the status of the historical markers for Nick Rice and Tiger Dowdell’s deaths?

by Conner Mitchell

In the nine months since the Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved creating historical markers to memorialize two teenagers killed by Lawrence police, the conversation on what those markers might look like, where they’ll be placed, and how much they’ll cost has mostly gone silent.