Welton Armstead

AKA: Butch
Released
Date of birth:07. 02. 1951
Date of death:05. 10. 1968
Age:17† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Washington
Support
Black Liberation Black Panther Party
Welton Armstead

Biography

Welton “Butch” Armstead was a seventeen-year-old member of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. Seattle police officer Erling J. Buttedahl shot and killed him near his home on October 5, 1968 after pursuing another person from a car reported stolen. The reviewed record does not show that Armstead was arrested, charged or confined before he was killed.

Photo credit

Welton Armstead, individually captioned memorial portrait in The Black Panther, October 12, 1974, page 3. Cropped; photographer not identified.

Case

Charges: Killed by a Seattle police officer on October 5, 1968; no criminal charge or custody established
Sentence: No arrest or confinement established.
Convicted: No

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