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-'''Johnny Robinson''' (born c. [[1947]] - died [[September 15]], [[1963]] in [[Birmingham]]) was a teenaged victim of a police shooting during the violent aftermath of the [[1963 church bombing|bombing]] of [[16th Street Baptist Church]] in September 1963.
+#REDIRECT [[Johnny Robinson]]
-According to newspaper reports, police were responding to a call of "racial disturbance" and found their cars the target of numerous rocks. Officer [[Jack Parker]] of the [[Birmingham Police Department]] testified that he had fired a warning shot from his police-issue shotgun into the ground to disperse the crowd. The coroner determined that Robinson died from shotgun pellets. [[Abraham Woods]] officiated at his funeral service.
-The case was reopened by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in November [[2009]].
-==References==
-* Gordon, Robert K. (November 24, 2009) "FBI opens 3 civil rights cold cases." ''Birmingham News''
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-[[Category:1947 births]]
-[[Category:1963 deaths]]