Rudy Giuliani 
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SOURCE: New York Magazine
10/4/2021
The Forgotten, but Consequential, New York City Police Riot of 1992
Encouraged by Rudy Giuliani, thousands of New York City Police officers, some drunk, staged a riot at City Hall and on the Brooklyn Bridge to protest Mayor David Dinkins's 1992 proposal of an all-civilian, independent police complaint review board. Why has this pivotal event been scrubbed from many New Yorkers' memories?
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3/7/2021
The History Behind Demands for "Trial by Combat"
by Eric Jager
A call for "trial by combat" may seem desperate or insane, but may also hint at a desire for a clear, definitive verdict when truth proves elusive. A medievalist reconstructs the world that allowed the last legal, judicial duel.
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10/11/19
The History Briefing On This Week's Impeachment Updates: How Historians Helped Us Understand the News
by Paige Morse
Historians play a key role in contextualizing current events for the public.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
10/9/19
Rudy Giuliani comparing impeachment to the Salem witch trials is a little right and a lot wrong, expert says
Featuring historian Emerson W. Baker.
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SOURCE: Tikkun
10/9/19
What’s happening to Giuliani now was happening to him long before 9/11
by Jim Sleeper
Giuliani’s mind and career tell us as much as the impeachment inquiries are likely to do about why Trump’s presidency is so perverse.
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