Judd Crawford

Judd Crawford
Biographical Information
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	December 15, 1949
Date of Death	September 16, 2019
Affiliation(s)	Tulsa Police Department Cyclops (formerly) Ku Klux Klan (formerly)
Occupation(s)	Police Chief (formerly)
Status	Deceased
Familial Information
Spouse(s)	Jane Crawford †
Father	Matthew Wayne Crawford †
Grandparents	Dale Dixon Crawford †

Judd Thomas Crawford is a main character and was the chief of the Tulsa Police Department. During his tenure, Crawford was also the leader of a separate KKK-eqsue cell of the secret white supremacist, domestic terrorist organization Cyclops.

Biography

Judd Crawford was born on December 15, 1949 to a family with a history of work in law enforcement.

In high school, Judd played the lead role of Curly McLain in their production of Oklahoma!.

After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served under Captain Robert Mueller in the Liberation of Vietnam, a key battle in the Vietnam War, receiving multiple commendations for bravery during the purge sweeps of 1971 to 1973.

In 1976, he married political consultant Jane Lestley Alexander.

In 1977, he graduated from the University of Oklahoma on the G.I. Bill with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology. He was briefly a professional rodeo rider before he joined the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department in 1980. During his time in the Sheriff's Department he met and befriended Joe Keene while working on Joseph David Keene's security detail.

In 2004 he moved back home and joined the Tulsa Police Department as a senior detective.

In 2017, he oversaw the Tulsa Police Department’s transition to masking following the emergency passage of DOPA, an Amendment to the Keene Act after the events of the White Night. In 2016, Judd was the Police Lieutenant for the Tulsa Police Department during the White Night and was supposedly attacked in his home during 40 simultaneous attacks against members of the police on Christmas Eve. While his arm was injured he provided emotional support to officer Angela Abar.

Angela had also been seriously wounded and her partner Doyle and his wife Ginny had been murdered that night. Angela took in their three children; Topher, Emma, and Rosie, and Judd became their honorary uncle. Judd became close to Angela as one of the few survivors of the White Night and their families comfortably socialized with each other.

Judd was named interim-chief and led a series of successful police actions against the Seventh Kavalry that seemed to cripple the organization. In 2018 he was appointed full-time chief.

In 2019, Judd and his wife were watching Oklahoma!. During the play, he received a call informing him that one of his officers, Charlie Sutton, had regained consciousness following a shooting, Judd had been waylaid when his car's tires were punctured on the road. He was then attacked and hanged from a tree that Angela was later shown. According to reports he was aware and struggling the entire time and suffered up to the moment he died.

The one to claim the murder as his doing is Will Reeves, which Angela found difficult to believe. Following Will's less than subtle hints to investigate Judd's closet for "skeletons," Angela used his wake to infiltrate his office and discovered a Klansman uniform behind a hidden wall panel pristinely on display.

Personality

As a member of the Cyclops, Judd Crawford was a bigoted racist that hated black people. His racism is show to have reached violent extremes, as he masterminded a plan to incite black people to commit violent acts to worsen race relation between black people and white people.

Judd was charismatic and a good actor. Despite Angela Abar's nose for "smelling out" white supremacy, Judd and Jane Crawford were able to get close to her family. And the rest of the police force saw him as a hero and ally to racial equality and justice.

Relationships

Family

• Dixon T. Crawford † - Great-Grandfather
• Dale Crawford † - Grandfather
• Matthew Crawford † - Father
• Lionel Crawford - Uncle
• Jane Crawford † - Wife

Allies

• United States Marine Corps
  • Robert Muller - Superior
• Cyclops - Friends and Allies
  • Joe Keene - Friend
  • Joseph David Keene - Friend
• Seventh Kavalry - Subordinates
  • Carmichael †
  • The Suspect †

Enemies

• Viet Cong
• Tulsa Police Department - Former Allies
  • Angela Abar/Sister Night - Former Friend
  • Wade Tillman/Looking Glass
  • Panda
  • Red Scare
  • Pirate Jenny
  • Doyle † - Indirect Victim
• Ginny † - Indirect Victim
• Topher Abar - Attempted Indirect Victim
• Emma Abar - Attempted Indirect Victim
• Rosie Abar - Attempted Indirect Victim
• Cal Abar † - Former Friend and Attempted Indirect Victim
• Will Reeves - Killer

Gallery

Promotional Image of Judd Crawford

Judd's KKK White Hood

Trivia

Judd's badge blood splattered in the same way as the Comedian's

• Like the Comedian's iconic blood-splattered badge signaled the beginning of a deeper conspiracy in the original graphic novel, so too did Judd's police badge.
• In She Was Killed by Space Junk, the file that FBI has on Judd reveals several things.
  • He is listed as a Caucasian male being whose height was 6'0 and weighing 190 pounds.
  • At some point in his life, he did 2 years at Tulsa Community College, and then two more years at the University of Oklahoma, where he received a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice.
  • He is a family friend to Joseph Keene Sr..
  • His social security number is listed as: 871-22-00012