Harry Gordon allegedly assaults Patrolman Irwin Young while being arrested for speaking to a crowd
- Title of event
- Harry Gordon allegedly assaults Patrolman Irwin Young while being arrested for speaking to a crowd
- Type of event
- Riot (March) - Police officer assaulted
- Persons involved
- Harry Gordon allegedly assaults Patrolman Irwin Young while being arrested for speaking to a crowd Alleged offender Gordon, Harry (1915)
- Race of actor
- White
- Race of subject of action
- White
- Address of event
- Harry Gordon allegedly assaults Patrolman Irwin Young while being arrested for speaking to a crowd Happened Entirely at 256, W 125th St
- Report on event
- Harry Gordon allegedly assaults Patrolman Irwin Young while being arrested for speaking to a crowd Main report referencing event Boy, Cause Of Riot, Put on Probation
- Start date / time
- March 19, 1935
- Description
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"The police charged that Gordon, who is white, helped stir up the riot by jumping on a letter box in front of [Kress' store] and yelling that a Negro boy had been murdered. When a policeman tried to pull him down, according to the testimony, he grabbed the patrolman’s nightstick and hit him over the head with it