Jim Clark

Similarly, Birmingham Police Commissioner Bull Connor was Alabama's Democratic National Committeeman, and Sheriff Jim Clark of Selma was a Democratic honcho.The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, killing four little Black girls, was on Connor's watch, as was his use of hungry and vicious canines to torture Blacks exercising First Amendment rights.Clark and his posse assaulted Black protesters seeking the right to vote at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on "Bloody Sunday."

Similarly, Birmingham Police Commissioner Bull Connor was Alabama's Democratic National Committeeman, and Sheriff Jim Clark of Selma was a Democratic honcho.

The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, killing four little Black girls, was on Connor's watch, as was his use of hungry and vicious canines to torture Blacks exercising First Amendment rights.Clark and his posse assaulted Black protesters seeking the right to vote at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on "Bloody Sunday."