Killing of Cleve Horton in Georgia in 1933

Incident

Case summary

Cleve Horton (1904-1933), a bus boy, was killed by patrolman Roy Eddleman in Atlanta, Georgia. Eddleman shot him in the restaurant washroom, claiming that Horton had threatened him with a knife. There were no witnesses. Horton’s body showed signs of being beaten.

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Perpetrator group type: police

Date of incident: 1933-03-17
Location: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Location type: private space - commercial
Allegation against victim: being drunk and disorderly; advancing on a police officer with a knife

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