Oral history interview with Graham Weatherspoon, 2015
Abstract
Graham Weatherspoon talks primarily on the subject of his experiences with the Transit Guardians Association and with 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care. He also covers formative memories of his years as a Transit Police detective through the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, as well as his youth growing up in East New York in the 1950s and 60s. Weatherspoon shares his views on contemporary politi cs, and his commentary on the conduct of the New York Police Department regarding high profile shootings of African American police officers and civilians
African American police--New York (State); East New York (New York, N.Y.) History; Weatherspoon, Graham; NYPD Guardians Association; New York (N.Y.). Police Department History; New York (N.Y.). Transit Police Department
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2015
Physical Description
106 pages
Note (Biographical)
Graham Weatherspoon is a retired detective of the Transit Police Department's Major Case Unit and NYPD's Brooklyn North Robbery Unit. Over the course of 21 years with the police, 1974 to 1995, he served as vice president of the Transit Guardians Assoc iation, and was a founding member of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care. At the time of this interview he was a board member of the Amadou Diallo Foundation, and also a public speaker