Biography
Helen Griebel was arrested by Milwaukee police while walking with a Black person and charged with vagrancy. An article in the Daily Worker of October 7, 1932 describes the arrest as an example of racist vice-squad abuse and says police compelled her to act as a decoy in a prosecution of Elinore Robinson. This account is attributed to the newspaper; the exact arrest day, court disposition and duration are unknown. The source does not establish unreported custody endpoints or total time actually served.
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Daily Worker, original PDF page 4
Helen Griebel was arrested by Milwaukee police while walking with a Black person and charged with vagrancy. An article in the Daily Worker of October 7, 1932 describes the arrest as an example of racist vice-squad abuse and says police compelled her to act as a decoy in a prosecution of Elinore Robinson. This account is attributed to the newspaper; the exact arrest day, court disposition and duration are unknown. The source does not establish unreported custody endpoints or total time actually served.
