Killing of Willie Kinsey in Georgia in 1933

Incident

Case summary

Willie Kinsey, 25, a sharecropper, was killed by a mob in 1933 in Warren County, Georgia. Kinsey shot Charlie English, the owner of the plantation he was working on, after English had shot and killed Kinsey’s brother Lamar Kinsey. A mob took Kinsey from a physician’s office, tied him to the back of a car and dragged him around town. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.

Victim(s):

Willie Kinsey


Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals:

Charlie English

Perpetrator group type: mob

Date of incident: 1933-05-12
Location: Warrenton, Warren County, Georgia
Location type: victim's workplace
Allegation against victim: killing a white man following a dispute over plowing a cotton field; dispute over money owed to the Kinseys

Coroner process
Coroner/inquest: yes
Finding of no legal responsibility: yes

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