Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Coleman Young" in English language version.
Records obtained under the federal Freedom of Information Act show the surveillance began in the 1940s, when federal agents who suspected the well-known labor activist had communist ties followed him to union organizing meetings, the newspaper said. Federal agents continued keeping tabs on Young through the 1980s, when bugs were planted in his office in the official mayoral residence.
Green's case generated intense community interest and unprecedented media coverage. People held – and still hold – vastly different views about what happened that night, which was not caught on video.
The FBI investigated Young for decades. They confronted him in random places; asked about his politics; wiretapped his condo; wired a convicted con man who was his business associate and scrutinized the mayor's finances. But while relatives and people around Young went to prison for corruption, Young never was indicted or charged with a crime.
The Rodney King beating in Los Angeles that had been caught on video had happened about 18 months prior to Green's death. Even though King did not die from his beating, the four officers who were involved were acquitted in April of 1992 sparking a six-day riot in Los Angeles.
Green's case generated intense community interest and unprecedented media coverage. People held – and still hold – vastly different views about what happened that night, which was not caught on video.
The Rodney King beating in Los Angeles that had been caught on video had happened about 18 months prior to Green's death. Even though King did not die from his beating, the four officers who were involved were acquitted in April of 1992 sparking a six-day riot in Los Angeles.
Records obtained under the federal Freedom of Information Act show the surveillance began in the 1940s, when federal agents who suspected the well-known labor activist had communist ties followed him to union organizing meetings, the newspaper said. Federal agents continued keeping tabs on Young through the 1980s, when bugs were planted in his office in the official mayoral residence.
The FBI investigated Young for decades. They confronted him in random places; asked about his politics; wiretapped his condo; wired a convicted con man who was his business associate and scrutinized the mayor's finances. But while relatives and people around Young went to prison for corruption, Young never was indicted or charged with a crime.
