Killing of Robert Kinnebrew in Texas in 1945
Incident
Robert Kinnebrew (1909-1945), a blocksetter in a sawmill and moonshiner, was killed by Sheriff R.C.Pace and about a dozen police officers in Newton County, Texas. Death certificate says Kinnebrew was killed while resisting arrest. A witness told the NAACP that Kinnebrew was lynched by the police after Kinnebrew had shot Sheriff Skinner of Kirbyville, Texas; Kinnebrew had shot Skinner after Skinner shot Kinnebrew’s wife (she survived).
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