Johnnie Robinson

Johnny Robinson (born c. 1947 - died September 15, 1963 in Birmingham) was a teenaged victim of a police shooting during the violent aftermath of the bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in September 1963.

According to newspaper reports, police were responding to a call of "racial disturbance" and found their cars the target of numerous rocks. Officer Jack Parker of the Birmingham Police Department testified that he had fired a warning shot from his police-issue shotgun into the ground to disperse the crowd. The coroner determined that Robinson died from shotgun pellets. Abraham Woods officiated at his funeral service.

The case was reopened by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in November 2009.

References

• Gordon, Robert K. (November 24, 2009) "FBI opens 3 civil rights cold cases." Birmingham News