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Jeffrey Dahmer arrest... serial killer...
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Jeffrey Dahmer arrest... serial killer...

Item # 728505 ·
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 6, 1991

* re. Jeffrey Dahmer arrest - police sued 
* American killer - Milwaukee cannibal 

Page 13 has a one column heading under "Wisconsin": "Mother of Slaying Victim Files Lawsuit" (see image)
 I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete 1st section only with all 20 pages, nice condition.

Background: On August 5, 1991, Catherine Lacy—the grieving mother of Oliver Lacy, one of the final victims of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer—filed a landmark federal civil rights lawsuit against the Milwaukee Police Department, a legal action that exposed severe institutional failures and triggered a massive public reckoning over systemic racism, homophobia, and accountability. The lawsuit centered on the profound negligence of officers who, on May 27, 1991, actively returned an escaped, heavily drugged 14-year-old victim named Konerak Sinthasomphone back into Dahmer's custody, dismissing the frantic warnings of Black female bystanders who tried to intervene. Lacy's legal team argued that this "deliberate indifference" and biased policing created a state-sanctioned danger that directly allowed Dahmer to continue his killing spree, meaning her son's subsequent murder in July was entirely preventable. Although federal courts eventually dismissed the claims under the strict constraints of qualified immunity—ruling that police generally lack a constitutional duty to protect citizens from private criminals—the filing of the lawsuit remains historically significant as a searing indictment of police misconduct, proving how systemic biases within law enforcement can carry fatal, real-world consequences for marginalized communities.
Category: The 20th Century
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$52
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.