Police Officer

J. D. Carter

Pensacola Police Department — Pensacola, FL
Felonious
End of Watch April 4, 1909
Age 26
Tour of Duty 8 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Officer J.D. Carter was stabbed in the heart and killed while serving an arrest warrant. The suspect was taken from the jail by an angry mob the following day and lynched.

Officer Carter had been with the agency for eight months and is buried in Bayley, Georgia.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Carter served with the Pensacola Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Pensacola community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Carter.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Platform Identity ppd.escambia.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 4, 1909
Tour of Duty 8 mo
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Stabbed
Weapon Edged weapon; Knife

The Sacrifice · Felonious

J. is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1909, 99 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 52nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

J. was 26. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. J. had served 0.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon; knife, in 0.8% of these deaths.

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His people

Pensacola Police Department has 16 officers remembered here, J. among them.

Police Officer J. D. Carter

Pensacola Police Department · End of Watch April 4, 1909

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 12-E

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