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Robert William Stewart
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| Born | March 1, 1850 |
| Died | July 27, 1931 (aged 81) Los Angeles
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Robert William Stewart (March 1, 1850– July 27, 1931) was an American police officer. Appointed in 1886, Stewart was the first Black officer on the Los Angeles Police force.
Biography
Stewart was born March 1, 1850 into a Garrard County, Kentucky, slave family. He gained his freedom after the US Civil War.
Stewart moved west to California, where he joined the LA Police force in 1889. ..... While he was awaiting trial, the police commission voted to fire him. .....
After he left the police force, he worked as a janitor and laborer in Los Angeles. He died from prostate cancer in Los Angeles on July 27, 1931.
In 2021, 90 years after Stewart's death, the Los Angeles Police Commission voted to posthumously reinstate him. In a statement, the commission said that Stewart had been "unjustly fired".
