Killing of Willie Merriweather in Mississippi

Incident

Case summary

Willie Merriweather, alias “Brown Peg” was killed in 1949 in Bolivar County, Mississippi. Merriweather was killed as police were carrying out an arrest at a rooming house. Former deputy sheriff H. R. Swindall claimed that Merriweather was a “dangerous criminal who had threatened the lives of local officers in the past,” and that he was shot and killed in the course of resisting arrest.

Victim(s):

Willie Merriweather


Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals: [ ]
Perpetrator group type: police

Date of incident: summer, 1949
Location: Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi
Location type: private space - domestic
Allegation against victim: resisting arrest

Coroner process
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Finding of no legal responsibility: [ ]

Criminal process
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FBI case ID:

Memphis 44-264

Memphis 44-130

DOJ case ID:

144-40-29


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