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Laurie Pritchett (December 9, 1926 – November 13, 2000) was city Chief of Police in Albany, Georgia, best known for his actions in 1961 and 1962 suppressing the city's civil rights demonstrations by the Albany Movement.
The Albany police chief, Laurie Pritchett, carefully studied the movement's strategy and developed a strategy he hoped could subvert it. He used mass arrests but avoided violent incidents that might backfire by attracting national publicity. He used non-violence against non-violence to good effect, thwarting King's "direct action" strategy.
Chiefs of the Atlanta Police Department (7 P) S. Georgia ... List of police chiefs of Atlanta; A. ... Laurie Pritchett; R.
Sherrod's direct action tactics met with determined opposition from the authorities, particularly the Albany police chief, Laurie Pritchett, who ordered mass arrests of demonstrators, but avoided the sort of overt violence that would draw national attention and support for the movement. Pritchett also undercut the jail-no-bail tactic by ...
Police have issued an arrest warrant for a Houston man they allege fled the country after he kidnapped two women in November. Corey Pritchett Jr., 26, is accused of kidnapping the women after they ...
Smitherman appointed veteran lawman Wilson Baker to head the city's 30-man police force. Baker believed that the most effective method of undermining civil rights protests was to de-escalate them and deny them publicity, as Police Chief Laurie Pritchett had done against the Albany Movement in Georgia. He earned what was described as a grudging ...
(The Center Square) – Tacoma Police Chief Avery Moore has announced his resignation, effective Feb. 3, from the force and is moving away from law enforcement altogether. Moore submitted his ...
A confrontation between 20 heavily armed Police officers and four Black Panther members took place at the 612 Hulda Street Headquarters on February 10, 1971. Police Chief Laurie Pritchett stated about serving an eviction notice, oddly enough at 6AM, to the Panthers, "we went to the house hoping the use of force could be avoided."