On a summer night in Albany, New York, on July 13, 1928, a Prohibition agent by the name of Irving S. Washburn, a White / Caucasian male of 34 years, met a violent end. In an era defined by the flourishing bootlegging trade, Washburn and his partner, Wilfred Grissom, were patrolling the city's South End, a known hub for the illicit manufacture and sale of alcohol. Their duty was fraught with danger, and they had been warned of the risks, with threats of receiving a "belly full of lead" for their
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