Killing of Tobe Falkner in Mississippi in 1952
Incident
Tobe Falkner (1888 - 1952), a tenant farmer and WWI veteran who had served overseas, was killed by a group of police officers in Newton County, Mississippi. Falkner had been accused of wounding Curtis Stephens in an argument. Opinion varied about the source of the dispute, with some claiming it was over a cow.. Commissioner T. B. Birdsong, sheriff Hansel Reeves, and patrolman G. E. James were reported to have been among the group of officers who fired shots and tear-gas into Falknerās house, where he was hiding, in a violent and lengthy standoff and shootout.
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- Advocacy Group: 2019-01839-FALKNER Tobe (1202530471)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01826-JOHNSON Rufus (1201014601)
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- Military Records: 2019-01839-FALKNER Tobe (1202530471)
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- News article from the Jackson Daily News about denial by Sheriff John P. Smith of accusations of torture by Costell Jones : December 6, 1946
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- Journalism: 2019-01839-FALKNER Tobe (1202530471)
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- Journalism: 2019-01839-FALKNER Tobe (1202530471)
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- Journalism: 2019-01839-FALKNER Tobe (1202530471)
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- Journalism: 2019-01839-FALKNER Tobe (1202530471)
- Journalism: 2019-01839-FALKNER Tobe (1202530471)
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