Tag: Civil Rights

• On This Day in 1964 – Joseph Johnson, Jr., the night they drove Old Sparky down.

  

  “The crunch. The mounting whine and snarl of the generator. The man’s lips peel back, the throat strains for a last desperate cry, the body arches against the restraining straps as the generator whines and snarls again, the features purple, steam and smoke rise from the bald spots on head and leg while he sick-sweet…

  CrimeScribe

  July 30, 2020

  History, Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

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