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Killing of Johnny Robinson
1947–1963
United States
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Biography
Johnny Robinson (1947 – 1963) was a 16-year-old African-American boy who was shot and killed by a police officer in the unrest following the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. A Birmingham police officer, Jack Parker, who was riding in the back seat of a police car, shot and killed Robinson. Parker was never indicted for the killing.
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