Matthew Peanut Johnson

Death by Force

Matthew "Peanut" Johnson, a 16-year-old African American teenager, was fatally shot on September 27, 1966, in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The incident occurred when Johnson, along with two other teenagers, was joyriding in a stolen car. After the car stalled, the teenagers attempted to flee on foot. San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) officer Alvin Johnson pursued Matthew Johnson and, despite the teenager being unarmed, shot him in the back, resulting in his i ...Read More

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/The-SF-riots-that-brought-out-the-National-Guard-9517807.php

https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/sncc/16B%20-%20October%201966.pdf

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