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Eugene “Bull” Connor, the commissioner of public safety in Birmingham in the 1960s,
arrested members of the Ku Klux Klan.
bailed Martin Luther King Jr. out of jail.
protected protesters from white resisters.
led a violent crackdown on civil rights protests.

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Which are true about Eugene “Bull” Connor:

- Arrested members of the Ku Klux Klan. — False. Connor was a staunch segregationist who generally tolerated and at times colluded with white supremacists; he did not act to suppress the Klan in Birmingham.
- Bailed Martin Luther King Jr. out of jail. — False. Connor ordered the arrest of civil-rights protesters (including King in April 1963); he did not free or bail them out.
- Protected protesters from white resisters. — False. Connor ordered police and firemen to use force (notably dogs and high‑pressure fire hoses) against civil-rights marchers rather than protecting them.
- Led a violent crackdown on civil rights protests. — True. As Birmingham’s Commissioner of Public Safety in 1963, Connor directed mass arrests and violent police actions against protesters; images of those attacks helped galvanize national support for civil‑rights legislation.