On this day in 1945, Niecey Brown, a 74-year-old Black woman, died from injuries...

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On this day in 1945, Niecey Brown, a 74-year-old Black woman, died from injuries after an off-duty white Selma police officer forcibly entered her house and beat her to death with a bottle. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/jun/12…
6:15 AM · Jun 12, 2021

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On June 12, 1945, Niecey Brown, a 74-year-old Black woman, died from injuries after an off-duty white police officer named George Booker forcibly entered her house and beat her to death with a bottle in Selma, Alabama.

During the early morning on June 10, Officer Booker arrived at Mrs. Brown’s home unannounced. According to reports, when Mrs. Brown answered the door, Officer Booker demanded entry so he could speak with one of her family members. When Mrs. Brown refused him entry and asked him to leave, Officer Booker kicked in the door and began beating her with a bottle, fracturing her skull.

Lige Brown, Mrs. Brown’s husband, came to his wife’s aid and shot the officer in the shoulder in self defense. The Browns’ two grandchildren were also home and witnessed the brutal attack on their grandmother. Two days later, Mrs. Brown, whose skull was crushed, died from her injuries, having never regained consciousness.

Officer Booker was arrested and charged with murder. During his trial in September 1945, his lawyer cautioned the all-white jury, “f we convict this brave man who is upholding the banner of white supremacy by his actions, then we may as well give all our guns to the niggers and let them run the Black Belt.” The jury heeded this advice, ignoring eyewitness testimony and deliberating for only a few minutes before acquitting Officer Booker of all charges.

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[Joinfortmill]

1. What beasts these white supremacists are.

[LenaBaby61]

2. SAD that this is nothing new really ...

It's still going on, as African-Americans are still being murdered like big game animals. The only thing that is a positive is that they can sue and receive huge monetary settlements. I know that the families would rather have their murdered family member instead of monies.

IF not for young honorary Pulitzer Winner Darnella Frazier, who captured the murder of George Floyd by murderer Chauvin who shows NO remorse whatsoever, he and his fellow killer cops would have gotten away with murder, because the report they wrote detailing Floyd's death was a LIE. It was nothing like what we saw Chauvin doing, and that was MURDERING George Floyd like a big game animal, with his fellow killer cops standing by watching and stopping crowds of screaming, terrified people yelling for the murderer to get off of him, stop killing him (George Floyd).

[BobTheSubgenius]

8. Little has changed, indeed...except the rhetoric has been softened.

No way you could get away with "N_" in a courtroom today, even in Selma. but that little "improvement" is as weak as weak tea gets.

It's hard to believe I've not encountered this story before. It's horrific.

[underpants]

3. Niecey Brown

Yet another horrible piece of our past I’d never heard of.

[malaise]

4. Same here

How does a young man beat a senior citizen to death?

[BobTheSubgenius]

9. Because to him, she wasn't a "senior citizen."

Indeed, not a citizen at all.

[malaise]

10. Can't process that

It's unreal

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. I really do think that, though.

I'd rather not, but I find the evidence rather strong. Strong to the point of totally compelling. What else could he have been thinking? No human being should be able to do that to another human being, especially one so completely vulnerable and overmatched.

[oasis]

5. Sad picture to end the day with. These beasts are still among us.

[keithbvadu2]

6. the banner of white supremacy...

"The Confederate Flag is no longer a sectional emblem. It is now the symbol of the White
race and White supremacy."

[BobTheSubgenius]

11. What and when is that page from?

Please and thank you.

[keithbvadu2]

13. I don't know. There was no info when I found that picture.

I don't know. There was no info when I found that picture.

It's from the time of LBJ.

[BobTheSubgenius]

18. Thank you. The text did seem less polished than they might today.

[Azathoth]

16. Notice the "NRSP" reference at the bottom

It appears to be some kind of newsletter from the National States Rights Party, mid 1960's.

[BobTheSubgenius]

19. Nice catch. Thank you!

[Niagara]

7. R.I.P. Niecey Brown

Another victim of injustice that I never knew about.

[Polybius]

12. Does anyone know what happened to George D. Booker after he murdered her?

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It's extremely unlikely that he's still living, but if he was 21 in 1945, he could be alive and around 96-97. The article didn't say his age.

[Niagara]

15. The media reported at the time that the jury

made up of 12 farmers, voted to free George D. Booker.




link:https://crrj.org/2017/12/we-need-to-know-their-names/

[BGBD]

17. This guy

Matches up pretty well.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43733423/george-booker-obituary/

Except his name is George W. Booker.....but same age, name, and town.

There's some chance he's still alive, but very little.