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Lewis Gibbs person

also: Gibbs, Louis Gibbs, rookie, young Gibbs, young applicant

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Lewis Gibbs owed_job_to Dan Mitterrand documented
“Lewis Gibbs owed his job to Dan Mederone, and he realized on a day like this much more. Gibbs had applied to the police force six times, and each time he had left his political affiliation blank. Someone in the department didn't like that, …”
▶ The Colonels Corner - Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 1 @ 1:07:05
Dan Mitrione trained Lewis Gibbs book_quoted
“Gibbs was sure his application was approved. Until Mitterrand took office, experienced officers in Richmond had trained their new colleagues in a casual apprentice. The rookie would get in the back seat with two veterans and ride around. It…”
▶ The Colonels Corner - Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 1 @ 1:08:01

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The Colonels Corner - Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 1
▶ 1:06:40 Byron Engel, the director of the Office of Public Safety. So he is praising the guy in charge of the program to create terrorists. Louis Gibbs owed his job to Dan Mitterrand. Okay, so we're jumping back in the past. Sorry.…
The Colonels Corner - Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 1
▶ 1:07:05 Lewis Gibbs owed his job to Dan Mederone, and he realized on a day like this much more. Gibbs had applied to the police force six times, and each time he had left his political affiliation blank. Someone in the department didn't like that, …
The Colonels Corner - Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 1
▶ 1:07:34 The new chief summoned him to his office. Mitterrand's doubts about the young applicant were not political, only economic. He had been working as a meat cutter. Gibbs made $9,000 a year, which was even more than Mitterrand was making as the…
The Colonels Corner - Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 1
▶ 1:08:01 Gibbs was sure his application was approved. Until Mitterrand took office, experienced officers in Richmond had trained their new colleagues in a casual apprentice. The rookie would get in the back seat with two veterans and ride around. It…
The Colonels Corner - Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 1
▶ 1:09:05 They were going to set up a six-week training course to train all the new officers in Richmond. After his training, Gibbs found that life for patrolmen under the new chief was rigorous. From the start, the older men had not liked Mitterrand…
The Colonels Corner - Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 1
▶ 1:10:44 dissuaded people like young Gibbs from taking one out on his beat. You don't need it. You're young. Use your own strength, he said. Most of the time, the patrolmen, especially those the chief had hired, did not worry about displeasing him. …
The Colonels Corner - Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 1
▶ 1:32:05 Six times he applied to the police force and wasn't accepted due to nonpolitical affiliation. No, that's another guy. That's another. Oh, that was another guy. Yeah, that was. Yeah. I'm sorry. I misunderstood that. Yeah, that was one of his…