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Richard Gale

Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:District of Columbia
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Richard Gale testified at a November 6, 1967 press conference about confinement following the Pentagon antiwar mobilization. He described transfer from Occoquan to D.C. Jail, overnight detention on a concrete floor in a segregation cell, and abuse. His individual testimony establishes actual overnight imprisonment; exact custody dates and the complete duration remain unknown.

Judy Willis’s account of the November 6, 1967 press conference documents the demonstrators’ testimony about actual custody following the October 21 Pentagon mobilization. It describes segregation, coercive processing and abuse. It specifically places Rader and Kauffman still imprisoned and fasting; a claimed official release is not accepted as an actual discharge. Washington Free Press, November23,1967 vol2 no19, original PDF page 3. Source: https://washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1967-11-23-wfp-vol-2-no-19.pdf#page=3

Richard Gale testified at a November 6, 1967 press conference about confinement following the Pentagon antiwar mobilization. He described transfer from Occoquan to D.C. Jail, overnight detention on a concrete floor in a segregation cell, and abuse. His individual testimony establishes actual overnight imprisonment; exact custody dates and the complete duration remain unknown.

Historical record; unknown custody endpoints remain blank.

Contemporary source, PDF pages 3.

Case

Washington, D.C. Jail
Sentence: Reported imprisonment at D.C. Jail; Occoquan prison. Contemporary testimony documents transfer fromOccoquan toD.C.Jail and overnight segregation-cell confinement afterPentagonmobilization. Exact dates and totalduration unspecified.
Institution State: District of Columbia