Killing of Edward Earl Ray in North Carolina in 1948
Incident
Edward Earl Ray (1930-1948), a student, was killed by police officer Hugh C. Strider in Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina. Strider claimed that Ray had robbed clothing from a department store, and that he fired shots when Ray fled and did not stop when ordered to do so. Coroner cleared Strider. At the request of NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall, attorney Curtiss Todd investigated. Todd advised that he was unable to find sufficient evidence to support a prosecution of Strider. Marshall counseled that the state should undertake an investigation.
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