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Elton Rankin

Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Texas
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Biography

Houston youth grazed by a bullet and beaten by police after a car chase, then charged with five counts of attempted capital murder of a police officer though he fired no shots; The Black Panther Vol. 14 no.26 (1976) presents the charges against the surviving youths as a frame-up. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v14 no.26; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Attempted capital murder of a police officer (5 counts)
Sentence: Grazed by a bullet and beaten by police after a car chase, then charged with five counts of attempted capital murder though he fired no shots Verdict as recorded: Unknown — charged; presented as a frame-up
Convicted: Unknown