Killing of Ed Craig in Alabama in 1949
Incident
Ed Craig, 71, a yard worker, was shot and killed in 1949 by police officer John P. Helton in Jefferson County, Alabama. Also present was police officer Quinton H. Barnes. Police claimed that Craig was standing on the porch of his white neighbor’s home, that Craig was holding a shotgun, and that he refused to drop the shotgun when ordered to do so. A witness named Emmett Ray initially disputed that the police had issued warnings to drop the shotgun. Ray later recanted his statement. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.
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advocacy group resources
- 1940 United States Federal Census
- Genealogy : 2017-00728-CRAIG Ed (1049739598)
- Genealogy : 2017-00728-CRAIG Ed (1049739598)
- Genealogy : 2017-00728-CRAIG Ed (1049739598)
- 1930 United States Federal Census
- 1910 United States Federal Census
- 1920 United States Federal Census
- Genealogy : 2017-00728-CRAIG Ed (1049739598)
- Government Incident Records: 2017-00766-KINNEY Hayes (1052267936)
- Government Incident Records: 2017-00748-ROGERS Dock (1051047762)
- Government Incident Records: 2020-02098-BENDOLPH Collins (1307292211)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation, case file card. Ed Craig
- Government Incident Records: 2017-00728-CRAIG Ed (1049739598)
- Government Incident Records: 2017-00728-CRAIG Ed (1049739598)
- Government Incident Records: 2017-00728-CRAIG Ed (1049739598)
- Government Incident Records: 2017-00728-CRAIG Ed (1049739598)
- Journalism: 2017-00728-CRAIG Ed (1049739598)
- News article from the Birmingham World about the shooting of Ed Craig : April 5, 1949
- News article from the Birmingham News about the shooting of Ed Craig : April 2, 1949
- News article from Atlanta Daily World regarding shooting of Ed Craig : May 6, 1949
- News article from the Dothan Eagle about the shooting of Ed Craig : April 3, 1949
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