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Conard, Rebecca

doi:10.1525/tph.2006.28.1.75

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“…Public historians, in contrast, are likely to find that their freedom of expression is constrained in one way or another, and as public historians nudge the process of social change by insisting on interpreting controversial events and contested history with scholarly integrity, the more clearly these constraints are revealed. 30 The story of Chief Kruger's suicide revealed these constraints because it was so sensational. It struck an entirely different chord than the rest of the stories, and for the museum went too far in insisting on interpreting controversial events.…”

Section: Authority Complicity Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Causing a Ruckus: Complicity and Performance in Stories of Port Moody

Hayes

2018

Public History Review

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his article is about the suicide of a small-town chief of police, which -according to some -did not actually happen. It is certain that Albert William Kruger, of Port Moody, British Columbia, died on 24 May 1960 after serving as chief of police since 1946. But I encountered three versions of the story of his death. First, that it was not suicide at all, but rather a heart attack that claimed his life while he was at home. Second, that it was indeed suicide, and he shot himself in the head in his home. Third, and most sensational of all, that he attempted to commit suicide by gunshot in his car, but that he failed and dragged himself to his home where he shortly thereafter died, having left a trail of blood behind him.T

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Section: Authority Complicity Performancementioning

confidence: 99%