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1. www.nbcnews.com › id › wbna17918255FBI file shows James Brown's side of '88 chase - NBC News

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   Apr 3, 2007 · The Godfather of Soul James Brown claimed that during his 1988 police chase officers shot his vehicle 23 times and punched him in the mouth, FBI files show. FBI agents are known for targeting ...

2. www.oxygen.com › very-real › did-the-cops-try-toJames Brown's Infamous Car Chase and The Question of Police ...

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   Mar 15, 2018 · In 1988, he led police on an infamous two-state car chase, for which he was sentenced to six years in prison for assault and failure to stop for police. The incident was so defining for Brown that a 2014 biopic starring Black Panther’s Chadwick Boseman opened with the ‘88 car chase. But in 2007, the FBI released a file in which Brown and ...

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4. time.com › 3629041James Brown Arrest in 1988: What Really Happened - TIME

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   Dec 15, 2014 · On this day, Dec. 15, in 1988, James Brown began serving a six-year sentence for carrying a deadly weapon at a public gathering, attempting to flee police, and driving under the influence of drugs ...

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   after a tumultuous few years of increasingly bizarre, sometimes violent public outbursts, the self-styled Soul Brother No. 1 became Inmate No. 155413 at Sout...

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6. www.chicagotribune.com › 1988/12/25 › why-has-jamesWHY HAS JAMES BROWN GONE FROM CONCERT STAGE TO JAIL CELL?

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   Aug 8, 2021 · This is the police version of the chase: Shortly after noon on Sept. 24, James Brown, the soul singer, stormed into an insurance seminar in an office complex on Washington Road. Waving a shotgun, h…

7. www.nytimes.com › 1988/12/16 › usSinger James Brown Receives 6-Year Sentence in Car Chase

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   Dec 16, 1988 · The soul singer James Brown was sentenced to six years in prison today for failing to stop for the police in a two-state automobile chase. But he was acquitted of assault with intent to kill. Mr ...

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   Why was James Brown acquitted in the car chase?

   • James Brown was acquitted of assault with intent to kill during a car chase that led to his six-year prison sentence. The soul singer was sentenced to six years in prison today for failing to stop for the police in a two-state automobile chase.

   Singer James Brown Receives 6-Year Sentence in Car Chase

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   Why did police overreact to Brown's arrest?

   • The prosecutor, Robert Harte, said that James Brown admitted to failing to obey a police officer's command to pull over. However, Brown's lawyer, Bill Weeks, argued that the police overreacted due to the fact that they were arresting a celebrity.

   Singer James Brown Receives 6-Year Sentence in Car Chase

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   What happened to James Brown?

   • James Brown is lauded as “The Godfather Of Soul” and “The Hardest Working Man In Show Business.” He created funk and in many ways invented modern music. But by the late 1980s, the superstar had fallen on hard times, which included serious financial problems, drug dependency, and numerous arrests.

   James Brown's Infamous Car Chase and The Question of Police Brutality

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   Did James Brown shoot at Al Sharpton?

   • “I never fired at them, or even pointed a gun in their direction, and they still shot at me over and over again,” said James Brown, about his 1988 run from the police, to Al Sharpton. James Brown is lauded as “The Godfather Of Soul” and “The Hardest Working Man In Show Business.” He created funk and in many ways invented modern music.

   James Brown's Infamous Car Chase and The Question of Police Brutality

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   How many shots did a policeman shoot at Brown's truck?

   • A...policeman then shot and hit Brown's truck at least eight times and another....policeman shot approximately nine times at the tires and hood. Other shots were also fired. Brown later counted the bullet holes in his truck and these totalled twenty three. Two of these shots hit the gas tank and the tires were flat. Brown became very afraid.

   James Brown's Infamous Car Chase and The Question of Police Brutality

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   What were the speeds during the police pursuit?

   • The police pursuit involved from 10 to 14 vehicles and reached speeds of 60 to 85 miles per hour. Officer Delaughter testified that when officers appeared to have surrounded Mr. Brown in a parking lot, he put the car in reverse to evade them.

   Singer James Brown Receives 6-Year Sentence in Car Chase

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9. www.washingtonpost.com › archive › lifestyle6-YEAR TERM FOR JAMES BROWN - The Washington Post

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   December 16, 1988 at 12:00 a.m. EST. AIKEN, S.C., DEC. 15 -- Soul singer James Brown was sentenced to six years in prison today. for failing to stop for police during a two-state automobile chase ...