After firing the officers left, believing they had missed Chandler. Two officers shot Chandler as he ran down an alley. An initial report said he was shot while fleeing, but a later report said he made a sudden move toward the officers. ĭuring the 1967 Detroit riot, a patrolman shot Beal inside a drug store. He was the last person to be killed in the Newark riots. ĭuring riots in Newark a police officer shot Gilmer as he fled a store. When he stood up to surrender, police shot him 39 times.
State troopers found Rutledge in a liquor store. National Guardsmen shot Pugh as he went to take his family's garbage out. Police shot Furr as he fled a looted liquor store. Police and National Guardsmen shot three people in apartments after reports of sniper fire. Police shot Murray as he stood with his friends. According to a grand jury report the shooting was accidental. īell and his family walked to the tavern he worked at, hoping to check on it. State troopers shot Council as he stood in the doorframe of a restaurant. National Guardsmen fired at a vehicle moving through checkpoints, killing Moss. The shooting led to riots in the city, among over 150 other riots that summer. Officer James Calvert shot burglary suspect Chambers in the back as he ran away. A 2001 grand jury blamed two policemen, Jackson Police officer Buddy Kane and Mississippi Highway Patrolman Lloyd Jones for Brown's death, but both men had died prior to the grand jury. Police shot him twice in the back, killing him. The shooting sparked riots in the Hunters Point neighborhood.īrown was leaving a café on the Jackson State University campus after buying a sandwich for his wife when he encountered a standoff between protesters and police. Patrolman Alvin Johnson (no relation) shot Matthew as he ran away. A coroner's jury later ruled the shooting an accidental homicide. An officer shot Deadwyler, claiming the vehicle had lurched forward. ĭeadwyler was speeding as he drove to the hospital with his wife, who was in labor. Fowler was not named as the shooter until 2005, and he pled guilty to manslaughter in 2010, serving six months in prison. ĭuring a peaceful voting rights rally, Alabama State Trooper James Bonard Fowler shot Jackson after another threw him against a cigarette machine. Two juries chose not to indict Parker for the shooting. Officer Jack Parker shot Robinson but claimed that he had only fired a warning shot. ĭuring unrest over the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Robinson and several others threw rocks at a car draped with the Confederate Flag. ĭucksworth, a military police officer, was shot and killed by Taylorsville Police Officer William Kelly after he fell asleep on a bus to get to the hospital as his child was born. Rainey would later gain notoriety for his alleged involvement in the Freedom Summer murders. Jackson, a veteran of the Korean War, was shot and killed by Officer Lawrence A. Two decades later, the other officer on scene admitted that Grady planted the weapon, and he was convicted of reckless homicide and perjury in 1979. Officer Thomas Grady shot him and planted a knife on the scene, claiming Bell had lunged at him.
Screws was convicted of violating Hall's civil rights but it was overturned by the United States Supreme Court.īell fled a traffic stop because he had no license. Sheriff Claude Screws beat Hall to death after he allegedly stole a tire. The officers claimed Lawson fell down the stairs and attempted to bribe a witness, but all three were tried and convicted of manslaughter.
Three officers beat Lawson to death after removing him from the hotel he worked at. Whiteside was found guilty of manslaughter. When Truman asked the officer what he did wrong, Whiteside shot him. Officer John Whiteside chased Truman into an alley after a shoplifting.
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