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Killing of James Mincey Jr.

1982 killing in Los Angeles, California

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ106839012 ↗
Source-derived summary

James Mincey Jr. died on April 5, 1982, in Los Angeles, California after being placed in a carotid hold while under arrest by the Los Angeles Police Department. While driving home on an early April night in 1982, Mincey Jr. was stopped by police officers for a cracked windshield and was issued a ticket. A few minutes later, a pursuit was initiated after Mincey Jr. failed to stop for the police again. He was acting under the suspicion that the police were harassing him, so he continued driving home. Once home, Mincey Jr. exited his vehicle and was sprayed with "tear gas" in his face. He broke free from the two arresting officer's grips and moved towards his home, while trying to clean his face.

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“Killing of James Mincey Jr.” enters the record as 1982 killing in Los Angeles, California. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Killing, James and Mincey can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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