Killing of Charles Anderson in Louisiana in 1937
Incident
Charles Anderson, age 17, a laborer, was killed in 1937 by Captain Frank Lannes and Detective William Grosch in New Orleans, Louisiana. Anderson was arrested for alleged attacks on white women and stealing their purses. Lannes and Grosch took Anderson with them when they searched his rooming house for evidence and shot him as he walked down the stairs of the house. They claimed they shot him because he was trying to flee. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.
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- News article from the Alexandria Daily Town Talk about the arrest of Charles Anderson : November 25, 1937
- News article from the Louisiana Weekly about the killing of Charles Anderson by police : December 4, 1937
- News article from the Washington Post about the police killing of Charles Handy : November 26, 1937
- News article from the New Orleans Item about the arrest of Charles Anderson : November 25, 1937
- News article from the Shreveport Times about the fatal shooting of Charles Anderson by police : November 26, 1937
- News article from the New Orleans States about the fatal shooting of Charles Anderson by police : November 26, 1937
- News article from the New York Amsterdam News about the police killing of Charles Handy : December 4, 1937
- News article from the Louisiana Weekly regarding the shooting of Charles Anderson : December 4, 1937
- News article from the Los Angeles Times about the police killing of Charles Handy : November 26, 1937
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier about the police killing of Charles Anderson (Handy) : December 4, 1937
- News article from the Alexandria Daily Town Talk about the fatal shooting of Charles Anderson by police : November 26, 1937
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