Death of Milton King
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Death of Milton King
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Milton King was a Barbadian seaman who was beaten and killed by South African police in March 1951 after he intervened on behalf of Coloured patrons being harassed by two police officers in a café in Cape Town. King was arrested and died within the next two days, likely from a brain hemorrhage that occurred after a severe beating fractured his skull. One of the two policemen who arrested King, Johannes Visser, was charged with culpable homicide and put on trial, while the other, Constable J. Gro
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1951 police killing that sparked international anti-apartheid protests
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Milton_King
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2024-07-17T16:28:24Z
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2024-08-27T16:43:55Z
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