Killing of Estella Strickland and Denna Strickling in Georgia in 1932
Incident
Estella Strickling, 25, a farmer and housekeeper, was killed in 1932 by police officer Baliff Sam Thompson in Coweta County, Georgia. Thompson went to the Strickling home accompanied by Theo McDonald, a neighbor, to arrest one of the family members. Thompson shot and killed Estella and her mother Denna and injured her brother Onelious, alleging that Denna attacked him with an ax while Oneta and her brother shot him and McDonald. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.
advocacy group resources
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about protests following the police murders of Denna and Estella Strickland : October 20, 1932
- Journalism : 2021-02901-STRICKLAND Denna and Estella (1385420041)
- News article from the Newnan Times about the police murders of Denna and Estella Strickland : October 22, 1932
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about A.T. Walden speaking at a reunion banquet for Michigan University graduates : June 23, 1936
- Journalism : 2021-02901-STRICKLAND Denna and Estella (1385420041)
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the 70th anniversary of the paper : August 17, 1997
- News article from the Newnan Times about the events leading up to the shooting of Estella Strickland (Oneida Strickland) and Denna Strickland (Dina Strickland) : October 22, 1932
- Journalism : 2021-02901-STRICKLAND Denna and Estella (1385420041)
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the life of A.T. Walden : February 14, 2002
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about police brutality in Georgia : October 18, 1932
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