Jul 2, 2009

The Real John Dillinger: Is Public Enemies historically accurate?


(Slate) - Did FBI agents shoot and kill John Dillinger on the streets of Chicago on July 22, 1934? Or was it the cops from East Chicago who fired the fatal rounds, the very officers who later received the reward money? Did the famous bank robber pull his gun at the last moment, as the feds maintained? Or were the eyewitnesses, who said they saw no weapon, telling the truth? Continued

Photo: John Dillinger (Wikipedia).

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