The Hurricane

Part I of Essay
On July 17, 1966, in Paterson, NJ, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was contending for the heavyweight boxing title, when, one night, he was pulled over and suspected of a murder. There was no evidence or witnesses to prove guilty, but the cops needed somebody to blame; so they f ....

Part II of Essay
.... murder. The number one contender for the heavyweight title is not even near the shootings. It says “Meanwhile, far away in another part of town, Rubin and a couple of friends are drivn’ around.” But he was pulled over anyway “just like the 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.” People were very racist back then, and therefore a black man was always suspected before a white man. The police are at the scene ga ....