In the early morning hours of August 18, 1979, a fight erupted outside a bar in Amagansett, New York. The ensuing melee pitted a group of six white men, comprised of bar employees and their friends, against five black patrons. The only criminal prosecution growing out of the incident involved defendants, James and Jeffrey Carter, who were charged with assault in the first degree for allegedly having...
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