David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

(Darren Dugan) #1

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Does Wyatt Walker’s behavior make
you uncomfortable? James Forman, who
was a key figure in the civil rights
movement in those years, was with
Walker when Connor first deployed the
K-9 units. Forman says that Walker
started jumping with joy. “We’ve got a
movement. We’ve got a movement. We
had some police brutality.” Forman was
stunned. Walker was as aware as any of
them just how dangerous Birmingham
could be. He had been in the room when
King gave everyone a mock eulogy.
How could he be jumping up and down
at the sight of protesters being attacked

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