Ralph Dewayne Wilder, a 27-year-old male of African American ethnicity, was a Deputy Sheriff with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana. On January 10, 1972, he was shot and killed during a civil rights demonstration that escalated into a riot on North Boulevard in downtown Baton Rouge. The demonstration began peacefully but turned violent when police intervened after three newsmen were attacked. A single shot was fired from an unknown person, leading to a fierce gun battle b
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