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Seeking Closure on 'Greensboro Massacre'
Police in Greensboro restrain suspects after the shootings on Nov. 3, 1979. Five participants in the "Death to the Klan" demonstration were killed.
(AP)
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That is why the project is moving forward, supporters said, and the mayor accepts that. "While I don't encourage it," Holliday said, "there's nothing I can do to stop it."
"If I had been in the jury, I definitely would have found someone guilty, if not everyone," he said. "But while I don't agree with the decision of the jury, it's our system, and I respect it."
Black residents are not so forgiving of the city or the judicial system that allowed defense attorneys to weed out black potential jurors.
Cannon said she plans to give a statement soon. "I think the city was involved in that shooting, and I'm doing everything I can do to show that," she said.
"They're fighting against it because they know, too. You cannot seriously reconcile until the truth comes out."
Police in Greensboro restrain suspects after the shootings on Nov. 3, 1979. Five participants in the "Death to the Klan" demonstration were killed.
Nelson Johnson, who helped lead the march, has urged residents to give statements to the commission.
