Eli Brumfield

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On October 13, 1962, Eli “Shuge” Brumfield, the African-American manager of a tire recapping plant in Tylertown, Mississippi, was shot and killed by McComb, Mississippi, Police Department (MPD) Officer Britten Elmore.  According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Elmore stopped the victim’s car for speeding.  Elmore reportedly claimed that he shot the victim in self-defense when the victim jumped from his car, holding a pocket-knife.  A local Coroner’s Jury reportedly ruled that the subject fired in self-defense.