Biography
Lawrence Brown was an eighteen-year-old defendant in the prosecution of twelve Black residents after the 1967 Plainfield, New Jersey rebellion and the killing of police officer John V. Gleason. The Plainfield Joint Defense Committee reported that he had already spent eight months in jail before the long trial. Judge Weidenburner dismissed the charges because there was no legal evidence that Brown aided or abetted the killing and no witness placed him in the county. His exact admission and physical release dates remain unresolved.
Lawrence Brown was an eighteen-year-old defendant in the prosecution of twelve Black residents after the 1967 Plainfield, New Jersey rebellion and the killing of police officer John V. Gleason. The Plainfield Joint Defense Committee reported that he had already spent eight months in jail before the long trial. Judge Weidenburner dismissed the charges because there was no legal evidence that Brown aided or abetted the killing and no witness placed him in the county. His exact admission and physical release dates remain unresolved.
