Biography
Willie Crawford was detained by Buffalo police on September 3, 1970. A contemporary National Committee to Combat Fascism account reported that officers beat him in a precinct cell and questioned him about the Buffalo NCCF and local robberies. Police took him through Deaconess and Meyer Memorial hospitals and returned him to headquarters before charges were lodged and his family paid $1,000 bail. The account establishes custody across multiple days but does not give the actual release date. It does not establish that Crawford was an NCCF member.
Willie Crawford was detained by Buffalo police on September 3, 1970. A contemporary National Committee to Combat Fascism account reported that officers beat him in a precinct cell and questioned him about the Buffalo NCCF and local robberies. Police took him through Deaconess and Meyer Memorial hospitals and returned him to headquarters before charges were lodged and his family paid $1,000 bail. The account establishes custody across multiple days but does not give the actual release date. It does not establish that Crawford was an NCCF member.
