Bedford County

June 14, 2021 | 5:12 AM

Many charges dismissed, dropped in civil rights march clash in Bedford County last year

A judge dismissed the most serious charge against a man accused of shooting a civil rights activist during a confrontation with a group of marchers on their way to Washington D.C.

By The Associated Press

Updated: 2021-05-07 19:59:41

A Pa. prosecutor waited months after receiving a police report to charge a man who shot at protesters

Charges were also brought against a marcher who was shot in the face and who police say returned fire.

By Joseph Darius Jaafari/Spotlight PA and David Hurst/The Tribune-Democrat

Updated: 2020-09-30 14:29:23

A changing story by police on a rural Pa. shooting helped fuel white vigilantes and misinformation

Video footage from the night of a shooting in Bedford County does not support state police accounts that a confrontation preceded shots being fired at a group of civil rights marchers.

By Joseph Darius Jaafari/Spotlight PA and Ryan Deto/Pittsburgh City Paper

Updated: 2020-08-25 17:02:20

Civil rights marchers shot at in Pa. while on trek from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C.

While the motive remains unclear, the group of Black and white marchers said a white man with a rifle opened fire on them, injuring one in the face.

By Joseph Darius Jaafari/Spotlight PA

July 3, 2018 | 7:00 AM

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Many charges dismissed, dropped in civil rights march clash in Bedford County last year

A Pa. prosecutor waited months after receiving a police report to charge a man who shot at protesters

A changing story by police on a rural Pa. shooting helped fuel white vigilantes and misinformation

Civil rights marchers shot at in Pa. while on trek from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C.

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