Killing of Miles Smith Sr. in Florida in 1948
Incident
Miles Smith was killed in 1948 by Constable Albert Oliver Sistrunk in Greenville, Madison County, Florida. Sistrunk and his brother Sam were cruising through the Black neighborhood in Greenville one night when they saw Smith drunk and staggering in the road. Sistrunk claimed that Smith was wielding a knife and that he shot in self-defense. Others disputed the presence of a knife. Trial jury acquitted. Weeks later, Sistrunk was accused of killing another Black man named Simon Johnson.
Miami 44-113
144-18-87
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