| Accession# |
VE5-2009 |
| Catalog date |
12/02/2009 |
| Collection |
OSHP Collections |
| Date of photo |
1940s |
| Description |
The political rammifications of Roan's beating during Patrol training were intense. Citizens were so insensed and the media so outraged that it threatened to affect the Ohio governor's election.
Another 1940 newspaper account of the incident during training stated, "The attack on Roan was so brutal and uncalled for that even the Bricker-controlled press heralded it statewide as a stench in the public nostrils and demanded that the 'investigation' be immediate and that it be completed before election day."
The newspaper continued to report on the account, stating that "the brutality against Roan occurred regularly in the presence of the officers in charge of the highway patrol cadet school" so often and without repercussion for the instigators that "perhaps the brutality was ordered from administration heads."
Roan subsequently resigned, despite pleas from many for him to return to the Patrol. Although newspaper reports state that other state government employment was promised to him, and he continued to contact Gov. Bricker regarding state employment, Roan never received appointment to any state position. Despite its promise to Roan, the governor's office put off making any decisions until after Gov. Bricker's re-election, then ignored Roan's pleas all together. |
| Year Range from |
1941 |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Year range to |
1949 |
| Object ID |
VE5-2009-010 |
| Object Name |
Article, Newspaper |
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