Talk:Rubin Carter

Added Honorary Doctor of Laws
I can't find a source for it right now, but I was there. It should be in the Sunday papers, most likely the Toronto Star, or the Monday Globe and Mail. York is notoriously slow in updating their web pages. https://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/04/spare_us_the_lies_about_the_late_hurricane_carter_mulshine.html

Removed European record/title
I removed this section as I can find no trace of him at all in the European amateur records and the 1955 European lightweight championship was won by Harry Kurschat not Carter.

Semi-protected edit request on 7 May 2021
For the section, "In popular culture" Under, "Carter's story inspired:" Add the following:

The Patti Smith Group song, Pumping (my heart), from the 1976 album Radio Ethiopia also deals with the incarceration of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. In a May 6, 2021, post on her Substack blog, Patti Smith shared the following anecdote about her and Bob Dylan's songs about Carter: "One early summer evening in 1975, I was walking down the street in Greenwich Village, scribbling down some lyrics on an envelope, when I bumped into Bob Dylan. He asked me what I was writing and I told him a song to a boxer.  He seemed taken aback and said he had just written one too. Afraid that he might be annoyed, I said yours is probably better, and he laughed.  At the time he was writing the songs for the album Desire and was on his way to a loft to play some of them and asked me to come along. I can still picture him with his acoustic guitar in that dimly lit place with only a handful of people at his feet. That night he played many of the songs he was soon to record...He also sang Hurricane about the boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, who was serving time in a New Jersey prison for a murder he didn’t commit." Source: https://pattismith.substack.com/p/pumping-my-heart?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNzgzMzUyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNjA0MzU5MCwiXyI6IkNiZldrIiwiaWF0IjoxNjIwMzk4OTE5LCJleHAiOjE2MjA0MDI1MTksImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zMDA3NjEiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.1wW29vpVlaTZgux2A4u8KtnKWya3NnBcT2vcj_sj910 159.178.224.138 (talk) 14:53, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Maybe, but not at this length, with this long a quote. Can you condense? Drmies (talk) 14:54, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

DNA evidence
I read in a newspaper quite some time ago that a recent DNA evidence examination had pointed towards  Carter's guilt but can find no record of my reading now .Anyone else remember or see such ?--— ⦿⨦⨀Tumadoireacht Talk/Stalk 21:11, 28 November 2021 (UTC)


 * He was guilty fooled Hollywood and his Canadian friends. Jacob805 (talk) 01:25, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/66808/rubin-hurricane-carter-rip-the-triple-murderer-who-fooled-hollywood/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=WE_DSA_New-Targeting_2024&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw5ImwBhBtEiwAFHDZx1-2Lx7hMymnOyjlY1jguAFJGHsq3aEa9VYq0FD8ydIvmTJ9Q43nkBoCwRQQAvD_BwE Jacob805 (talk) 01:25, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to create a citation
But here is the article relating to Mrs. Kelley's statement and the judge changing his bond conditions. The Violent Side of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. (n.d.). Www.graphicwitness.com. Retrieved November 17, 2023, from https://www.graphicwitness.com/carter/character-mulshine.html

‌ 2600:6C56:7E00:B019:F967:59B5:A6BC:7416 (talk) 07:22, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Biased wording on first paragraph
The first paragraph on this page directly states that Rubin Carter was falsely tried and falsely imprisoned except that’s not a known fact… It’s entirely possible he was guilty just as much as him being innocent. I think it should be removed or reworded 135.131.139.169 (talk) 01:32, 23 May 2024 (UTC)