June 5th, 1850 was a date to remember because one of the most known cops was born by the name Patt Garrett. Patt Garrett was a lawman who was known for killing the notorious BIlly the KId on July 14th, 1881 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Patt Garrett was once a member of Billy the Kids gang. The gang was known as the Lincoln County Regulators. The Regulators were formed out of numerous small ranch owners and cowboys in the Lincoln, New Mexico …show more content…
Although Garrett's term wouldn’t begin until January 1, 1881, he was eager to capture the fugitive William Bonney, better known as "Billy the Kid," and got Sheriff Kimball to appoint him as a deputy sheriff for the remainder of Kimball's term. Garrett was further aided when he obtained a deputy U.S. Marshal's commission, which allowed him to pursue the Kid across county lines. Garrett and his posse stormed the Dedrick ranch at Bosque Grande on November 30, 1880. They expected to find the Kid there, but only succeeded in capturing John Joshua Webb, who had been charged with murder, along with an accused horse thief named George Davis. Garrett turned Webb and Davis over to the sheriff of San Miguel County a few days later, and moved on to the settlement of Puerto la , where a local tough named Mariano Leiva picked a fight with Garrett, who shot Leiva in the …show more content…
From 1986–88, he served as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, a nonpartisan office. Since the 1970’s Clint has mainly participated in nothing but films with gun related things like when he played as Dirty Harry (1971), written by Harry and Rita Fink, centers on a hard-edged New York City (later changed to San Francisco) police inspector named Harry Callahan who is determined to stop a psychotic killer by any means. Dirty Harry has been described as being arguably Eastwood's most memorable character, and the film has been credited with inventing the "loose-cannon cop" genre. Author Eric Lichtenfeld argues that Eastwood's role as Dirty Harry established the "first true archetype" of the action film genre. His lines (quoted right) are regarded by firearms historians, such as Garry James and Richard Venola, as the force that catapulted the ownership of .44 Magnum revolvers to new heights in the United States; specifically the Smith & Wesson Model 29 carried by Harry Callahan. Dirty Harry achieved huge success after its release in December 1971, earning $22 million in the United States and Canada alone. Siegel's highest-grossing film and the start of a series of films featuring the character Harry Callahan. Although a number of critics praised Eastwood's performance as Dirty Harry, such as Jay Cocks of Time magazine who described him as "...giving his