1841 - The
Supreme Court of the United States rules in the
Amistad case, concerning captive Africans who seized control of the slave-trading ship carrying them: the court rules that they had been taken into
slavery illegally.
1993 -
Rodney King testifies at the federal trial of four
Los Angeles police officers accused of violating King's
civil rights when they beat him during an arrest.
2007 - The
US Justice Department releases an internal
audit that found that the
FBI had acted illegally in its use of the
USA Patriot Act, to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens.
1841 - The
Supreme Court of the United States rules in the
Amistad case, concerning captive Africans who seized control of the slave-trading ship carrying them: the court rules that they had been taken into
slavery illegally.
1993 -
Rodney King testifies at the federal trial of four
Los Angeles police officers accused of violating King's
civil rights when they beat him during an arrest.
2007 - The
US Justice Department releases an internal
audit that found that the
FBI had acted illegally in its use of the
USA Patriot Act, to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens.