Killing of Mack Leslie in Louisiana in 1933
Incident
Mack Lesley (1885-1933), a farmer, was killed by Deputy O. McElroy and Deputy Raymond Meeks in Farmville, Louisiana. Lesley was accused of being the secretary of a secret organization that was planning an uprising of Black citizens. Sheriff Pat Murphy claimed that he wanted to prevent Lesley’s lynching, so he sent deputies McElroy and Meeks to arrest him, and when Lesley resisted and appeared to reach for a weapon, the deputies shot him.
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