Killing of Jose Adrian Trujillo Seijas in Florida in 1946
Incident
Jose Adrian Trujillo Seijas (1926 - 1946), a student and U.S. soldier in WWII, was killed by deputy sheriff Miller Teeter in Flagler County, Florida. Seijas was from the Dominican Republic. He and a friend went to a café and were refused service because of the color of their skin. An argument ensued and the police were called. Teeter claimed that he shot Seijas in self-defense. Newspapers reported that Seijas was the nephew of the Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo.
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