Killing of Earl O. Johnson in Tennessee in 1953
Incident
Earl O. Johnson (1927 - 1953), a WWII veteran and post office employee, was killed during a chase involving police officers T. H. Rainey and J. E. Burrus in Memphis, Tennessee. The officers attempted to arrest Johnson based on the complaint of a white woman named Ruby Lawhorn that Johnson attacked her. The police claimed that Rainey and Burrus fired two shots while chasing Johnson but missed him, and that Johnson fell and struck his head on concrete.
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