Deadline Detroit | Attorney Norman Lippitt, who defended Detroit cops in the Algiers Motel trial, dies at 85
by Allan Lengel e was a brilliant, naturally gifted attorney. He knew how to read a courtroom." Norman Lippitt, a "brilliant" lawyer intially known for successfully defending white police accused of beatings and murder at the Algiers Motel during the 1967 riots, died Monday from complications from bladder cancer that turned to bone cancer. The 85-year-old Bloomfield Hills resident died at home under hospice care. For 17 years, until 1984, Lippitt was the lead counsel for the Detroit Police Officers Association, defending cops in high-profile cases, often invo...
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