GEORGE R NEIL
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 14-W: 13
Department: Chicago, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: July 18, 1930
Cause: SHOT
Age: 36
Years of Service:
Description: Patrolman Neil was on patrol in a predominately white neighborhood shortly after the 1919 race riots in Chicago. He was shot and killed while defending a young black man who was eating alone at a lunch counter. Patrolman Neil was shot several times by a angry white mob.
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