<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African Americans">African American</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> veteran <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Woodard" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Isaac Woodard">Isaac Woodard</a> is severely beaten by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights movement</a> and partially inspires <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a>' film <i id="mwww"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_of_Evil" id="mwxA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Touch of Evil">Touch of Evil</a></i>.