Paul Boytt shot by police and arrested for assaulting Timothy Murphy
- Title of event
- Paul Boytt shot by police and arrested for assaulting Timothy Murphy
- Type of event
- Riot (March) - Shot by police
- Persons involved
- Paul Boytt shot by police and arrested for assaulting Timothy Murphy Alleged victim Boytt, Paul (1907)
- Race of actor
- White
- Race of subject of action
- Black
- Address of event
- Paul Boytt shot by police and arrested for assaulting Timothy Murphy Happened Primarily at W 127th St & St Nicholas Ave
- Report on event
- Paul Boytt shot by police and arrested for assaulting Timothy Murphy Main report referencing event Police Shoot Into Rioters; Kill Negro in Harlem Mob
- Paul Boytt shot by police and arrested for assaulting Timothy Murphy Event secondarily referenced by 1 Dead, 100 Hurt as Harlem Mobs Riot Over Boy, 16, And Hearse
- Paul Boytt shot by police and arrested for assaulting Timothy Murphy Event secondarily referenced by 1 Dead, 50 Hurt in Harlem Riot, 8,000 Battle Police
- Start date / time
- March 19, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Evening)
- Description
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Patrolman George Conn of the West 152nd Street station saw Boytt and several other men jumping on Timothy Murphy, a 29 year old white man. He fired a shot in the air and the group fled. The officer ordered Boytt to stop and when he did not, shot him in the back. [Daily Mirror: "I was on my way home," said Murphy. "They told me they were beating me because I was a white man." [Approximate location]