Correspondence Related to Research on Dum-Dum Ammunition

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October 28, 1974 - October 30, 1974

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Impact area
- Criminal Justice
Topic
- Police Accountability
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
Notable Person
- David E. Kendall
Organization
- LDF
Matter
- Garner v. Memphis Police Department
Case
- Garner v. Memphis Police Department
U.S. state
- Tennessee
Collection
- Case Files
Taxonomy
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- 9d3f0dfd-32a8-f011-bbd3-000d3a53d084

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Case Files, Garner Working Files. Correspondence Related to Research on Dum-Dum Ammunition, 1974. 9d3f0dfd-32a8-f011-bbd3-000d3a53d084. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/63e1bbf2-cd5f-4943-9a5f-a911dfe40fcd/correspondence-related-to-research-on-dum-dum-ammunition. Accessed June 11, 2026.

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    Massachusetts Research Center
Coordinating Research for the Public Interest

3 Joy Street 
Boston, Mass. 02 108 

523-4760

October 30  ̂197^

Drew Days
NAACP Legal Defense Fund 
Suite 2030 
10 Coliifflbus Circle 
New York, New York IOOI9

Dear Mr. Days:
Enclosed please find a copy of tke requested report. Police Use of 

Aggnunition.
The Center is of course interested in obtaining briefs of any 

litigation related to police use of ammunition.
The Center would appreciate it if you would forward a copy of your 

brief of the case involving the death of a I6 year old Memphis, Tennessee 
boy, allegedly Involving police use of dum diun bullets.

Sincerely,

Jrian McDonald 
Director

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1’
. Jordan J. Paust

Towne House Rd 
Hamden, CT. 06514
Oct. 28, 1974

Attorney David E. Kendall
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
10 Columbus Circle
New York, N.Y. 10019

Dear David Kendall:
Thank you for the brief on Beech v. Malancon. I have used some 
of the cases for additions to the footnotes in my law review 
article, especially Furman v. Georgia. It seems to me that 
Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. (1974) is now relevant to 
the position taken in your brief regarding the "color of 
state law" issue. See also footnotes 123-126, my law review 
article on the dum-dums.
On the dum-dum issue, it should be noted that no state legislation 
or voter approval specifically justifies use of magnums or 
hollow-point bullets. Moreover, since they are clearly banned 
under international law precisely because of their cruel, 
inhumane and excessive effects within the human body, it is 
evident that no police officer can rely upon any such state 
legislation or voter approval for a presumption of legality 
even if such legislation or voter approval existed. See the 
attached additions to my law review article.
The additions to the article should meet the concern in Furman 
V. Georgia about arbitrary measures, and they should handle 
the problems encountered in Beech v. Malancon. It seems certain 
that the decision of a police commissioner to adopt these bullets 
in no way presents the policy question of state legislative will-- 
especially when no public hearings were made and we have an 
admission here that no inquiry at all was made into medical 
and ballistics effects within the human body.
If you think that the additions to the article do not sufficiently 
handle the problems, please advise.
Thank you again. With kind regards.

Sipcetely,

cc: William Olds, CCLU
(for the CCLU trial attorneys)

Jordan Jk Paust 
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