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John Ford was a Black worker jailed after photographing a segregated public bathing pool in the Bronx. The Daily Worker of November 15, 1932 reproduces Magistrate George De Luca's statement that he imposed a suspended sentence, while a different tribunal imposed subsequent imprisonment. Workers argued that the suspended sentence triggered custody because Ford was already on probation. The article describes a one-year jail term but does not establish the other tribunal, exact dates or time actually served. The source does not establish unreported custody endpoints or total time actually served.
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Daily Worker, original PDF page 2
John Ford was a Black worker jailed after photographing a segregated public bathing pool in the Bronx. The Daily Worker of November 15, 1932 reproduces Magistrate George De Luca's statement that he imposed a suspended sentence, while a different tribunal imposed subsequent imprisonment. Workers argued that the suspended sentence triggered custody because Ford was already on probation. The article describes a one-year jail term but does not establish the other tribunal, exact dates or time actually served. The source does not establish unreported custody endpoints or total time actually served.
