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==Extramarital affair==

==Extramarital affair==

On December 26, 1951, the day following [[Christmas]], Connor was arrested in a hotel room for adultery with Christina Brown, his secretary.<ref name=politicalgraveyard/> Although fined, convicted, and sentenced to prison, the verdict was overturned the following year. However, as a result of the affair, Connor declined to seek reelection to another commissioner term in 1953, only voted back to his post four years later.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/>

On December 26, 1951, the day following [[Christmas]], Connor was arrested in a hotel room for adultery with Christina Brown, his secretary.<ref name=politicalgraveyard/> As a result of a falling-out with police chief Marcus Hancock and detective Henry Darnell, who Connor placed on sick leave and sought to fire, Darnell exposed Connor's illicit relationship with Brown, violating a very ordinance suggested and instituted years prior by none other than Connor himself.<ref name=affairinfo>Eskew, Glenn T. (1997). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/But_for_Birmingham/n6jqCQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bull+connor+christina+brown&pg=PT99&printsec=frontcover But for Birmingham: The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved October 4, 2023.</ref> Suddenly desperate, the commissioner pleaded Darnell to take into consideration his "poor, sick wife," adding, "Think of me, Henry. You are crucifying me. You're ruining me politically."

 

Although fined, convicted, and sentenced to prison, the verdict was overturned the following year. However, as a result of the affair, Connor declined to seek reelection to another commissioner term in 1953, only voted back to his post four years later.<ref name=alencyclopediabio/>

==Tirade against civil rights activists==

==Tirade against civil rights activists==