On a summer day in 1932, the life of a young lawman from Fort Mill, South Carolina, was tragically cut short, setting off a chain of heart-wrenching events. Rural Police Officer Elliott P. Harris, a 26-year-old white male, was on duty on July 17th when he pulled over a vehicle on Highway 21 for reckless driving. Inside the car were a man and his wife, and what began as a routine traffic stop quickly escalated into a fatal confrontation.
As Officer Harris attempted to arrest the male drive
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