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| Parker posts a flier in Boston's "Combat
Zone" on Christmas Day. |
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| In the Combat Zone, a crime-infested section of
Boston, Parker puts up a poster urging addicts to clean their needles. |
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| One of the posters that Parker hangs frequented
near drug addicts. |
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| Parker searches an alley in Downtown Boston for
IV drug users. |
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| Parker exchanges needles anywhere he can, even
as he drives an addict to a Boston AIDS testing facility. |
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| One of Parker’s kits which contains condoms,
cotton, water, bleach and information on how to stay AIDS free. Jersey
City, NJ. |
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| Parker meets with a group of addicts under the
Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn. |
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| An IV drug user in Brooklyn, NY. |
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| Parker speaks with a women in New Haven, Connecticut,
on how to remain AIDS free as he tries to get her to come to his weekly
meetings. |
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| The National AIDS Brigade store front in New Haven,
Connecticut. |
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| After being arrested for his illegal needle exchange
work, Parker was acquitted through the use of the "necessity
defense." The judge concurred that although it is illegal to
possess or distribute hypodermic needles without a prescription, Parker's
motivation and interest in saving lives was more important. |
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| Parker meets the press after being acquitted in
Boston's Municipal court in January 1990. |
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