No Heroes, No Villains

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No Heroes, No Villains is written by Steven J. Phillips and published by Vintage. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 030743446X (ISBN 10) and 9780307434463 (ISBN 13).

On June 28, 1972 in a South Bronx subway station, John Skagen, a white off-duty policeman on his way home, suddenly and without apparent provocation, ordered James Richardson, a black man on his way to work, to get against the wall and put his hands up. Richardson had a gun, and the two exchanged shots. In the melee that followed, Skagen was fatally wounded by a cop who rushed to the scene. In the ensuing trial, William Kunstler handled Richardson's defense and the author of this book, then assistant district attorney, prosecuted the case. Here is a first-hand, behind-the-scenes account of every step of the proceedings.