Killing of Joe Hodnett in Virginia in 1938
Incident
Joe Hodnett, age 24, a laborer, was killed in 1938 by state police officer George Moore in Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Hodnett was accused of stealing automobile licenses and an automobile trailer. When Moore, along with Sheriff Overby, Deputy Sheriff Simpson, and an unnamed constable, tried to arrest Hoddnett, Hodnett tried to flee. Moore and Simpson fired. Judge Bennett dismissed charges against Simpson. It appears that a grand jury declined to indict Moore.
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