Samuel Shepard, Walter Irvin, Charles Greenlee, and Ernest Thomas,
known as the Groveland Four, were accused of raping a white woman in
1949. At the age of 17, Norma Padgett informed police she had been
abducted and raped by four men. Greenlee, Irvin, and Shepard were
charged, jailed, and beaten on the night of their arrest.
Subsequently, an all-white jury sentenced 16-year-old Greenlee to
life in prison, while Irvin and Shepard, both World War II veterans, received the death penalty. Unlike the other three men, Ernest
Thomas was shot to death before he could be charged or tried for the
alleged crime. Prior to his death, Thomas was “hunted for more than
30 hours . . . by an armed, deputized posse of approximately 1,000
men with bloodhounds.”
Got his black raping ass too.
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