The metal detectors, bag searches and armed bailiffs that are standard in courthouses today—this is where it started. In a courtroom in San Rafael, California in 1970 where a horrifying hostage standoff left a judge dead and an assistant DA paralyzed. But Gary Thomas, who went on to become a judge, was never bitter. "I feel blessed," he said.
April 05, 2017 at 08:50 PM
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The metal detectors, bag searches and armed bailiffs that are standard in courthouses today—this is where it started.
In a courtroom in San Rafael, California in 1970, during a trial involving inmates from San Quentin prison. A spectator smuggled in guns—weapons purchased by counterculture activist Angela Davis. The inmates took Judge Harold Haley, prosecutor Gary Thomas and three women jurors hostage, herding them into a getaway van.
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