On a summer night in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the peace was shattered by gunfire that would ultimately claim the life of a veteran police officer. George W. Wilson, a 50-year-old White/Caucasian male and a detective with the Council Bluffs Police Department, was at home and off-duty on the evening of Sunday, July 28, 1907. A 10-year veteran of the force, Wilson was known for his dedication and fearlessness. When word reached him that a fellow officer, W.H. Richardson, had been shot and wounded, he
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