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#CynthiaDeitle, former chief of the #FBI #CivilRights unit, said the new evidence I found should, in her view, prompt the #JusticeDepartment to reopen the case. 6/
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I reviewed those accounts and also found Bill Smith, a new witness who, like earlier ones, says Wilder did not attack Nugent. Smith wants #accountability for Wilder’s death. "The system is only as good as we make the system," he said. 5/
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After three years, the Wilder case was closed again with no further action. The #FBI could have done more. It’s unclear if the bureau spoke to Black community members or read the eyewitness affidavits gathered in 1965 by Wilder’s brother with help from the #NAACP. 4/
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The #police said Wilder had attacked Nugent and the death was ruled a “#JustifiableHomicide in self-defense." But many in the community, including eyewitnesses at the time, said the killing was unprovoked and #RaciallyMotivated. 2/
📊 Post engagement
2
Avg engagement / post
0.4%
Engagement vs followers
Jan 2023
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: #LouisArmstrong always said today is his birthday. Music histori · 4 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.94 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 6 text · 6 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.8×
Follows 652 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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“What do you want this time? Another classic film exploring weighty themes of feminism, technology, and pacifism from the perspective of an innocent child protagonist? Sure, I probably have some fucking storyboards around here somewhere. I…
So cool... Here's the main link for all the classes:
https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-classes/oxford-school-of-rare-jewish-languages/ https://babka.social/@em/110997561534801397
I dig into this civil rights cold case in “A Death Ruled ‘Justifiable’: The Killing of #JohnWesleyWilder,” my contribution to “Still Paying the Price: #Reparations in Real Terms,” a new #podcast series from #LWCStudios. I reported, produce…
#CynthiaDeitle, former chief of the #FBI #CivilRights unit, said the new evidence I found should, in her view, prompt the #JusticeDepartment to reopen the case. 6/
I reviewed those accounts and also found Bill Smith, a new witness who, like earlier ones, says Wilder did not attack Nugent. Smith wants #accountability for Wilder’s death. "The system is only as good as we make the system," he said. 5/
After three years, the Wilder case was closed again with no further action. The #FBI could have done more. It’s unclear if the bureau spoke to Black community members or read the eyewitness affidavits gathered in 1965 by Wilder’s brother w…
In 2008, the #FBI reopened the case and dozens of others under the #EmmettTill Unsolved #CivilRights Crime Act, which directed the #DepartmentOfJustice and the FBI to investigate unpunished racially motivated #homicides from before 1970. (…
The #police said Wilder had attacked Nugent and the death was ruled a “#JustifiableHomicide in self-defense." But many in the community, including eyewitnesses at the time, said the killing was unprovoked and #RaciallyMotivated. 2/
In 1965, #police officer Edward Alton Nugent killed #JohnWesleyWilder in #Ruston, #Louisiana. That much is not in dispute. But what happened that night is still an open question. 1/
Stay tuned for “A Death Ruled ‘Justifiable’: The Killing of #JohnWesleyWilder,” my contribution to “Still Paying the Price: #Reparations in Real Terms,” a new #podcast series from #LWCStudios, which drops tomorrow night. A tiny snippet of …
Seeking #Chicago area university student or faculty to do a #research task for me this week at #UniversityOfChicago. I will #pay. Shouldn't take more than an hour. Must be enrolled or working at college/university.
#CynthiaDeitle, former chief of the #FBI #CivilRights unit, said the new evidence I found should, in her view, prompt the #JusticeDepartment to reopen the case. 6/
I reviewed those accounts and also found Bill Smith, a new witness who, like earlier ones, says Wilder did not attack Nugent. Smith wants #accountability for Wilder’s death. "The system is only as good as we make the system," he said. 5/
After three years, the Wilder case was closed again with no further action. The #FBI could have done more. It’s unclear if the bureau spoke to Black community members or read the eyewitness affidavits gathered in 1965 by Wilder’s brother w…
In 2008, the #FBI reopened the case and dozens of others under the #EmmettTill Unsolved #CivilRights Crime Act, which directed the #DepartmentOfJustice and the FBI to investigate unpunished racially motivated #homicides from before 1970. (…
The #police said Wilder had attacked Nugent and the death was ruled a “#JustifiableHomicide in self-defense." But many in the community, including eyewitnesses at the time, said the killing was unprovoked and #RaciallyMotivated. 2/
In 1965, #police officer Edward Alton Nugent killed #JohnWesleyWilder in #Ruston, #Louisiana. That much is not in dispute. But what happened that night is still an open question. 1/
Stay tuned for “A Death Ruled ‘Justifiable’: The Killing of #JohnWesleyWilder,” my contribution to “Still Paying the Price: #Reparations in Real Terms,” a new #podcast series from #LWCStudios, which drops tomorrow night. A tiny snippet of …
Seeking #Chicago area university student or faculty to do a #research task for me this week at #UniversityOfChicago. I will #pay. Shouldn't take more than an hour. Must be enrolled or working at college/university.
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Home server
journa.host
A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
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Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Jan 2023
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 2 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.9× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated75/100
Good
Credibility score
92%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.4% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Journalist, producer, editor (he/him)
Formerly: American Experience PBS digital director, Frontline PBS reporter for "Un(re)solved," founding reporter Center for Investigative Reporting's Civil Rights Cold Case Project.
Older posts are at https://newsie.social/@beng
On twitter I was @minorjive.
That's my dad next to James Baldwin in my header. They're seated in the AG Gaston Motel in Birmingham, AL in early August 1963. Photo by Robert Adamenko.
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