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BumRushDaShow

(138,917 posts)
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 06:51 AM Tuesday

Justice Department will launch civil rights review into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Source: Huff Post/AP

Sep 30, 2024, 07:08 PM EDT


OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Justice Department announced Monday it plans to launch a review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, an attack by a white mob on a thriving Black district that is considered one of the worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S. history.

The review was launched under a federal cold-case initiative that has led to prosecutions of some Civil Rights Era cases, although Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke said they have “no expectation” there is anyone living who could be prosecuted as a result of the inquiry.

Still, the announcement of a first-ever federal probe into the massacre was embraced by descendants of survivors who have long criticized city and state leaders for not doing more to compensate those affected by the attack.Clarke said the agency plans to issue a public report detailing its findings by the end of the year.

“We acknowledge descendants of the survivors, and the victims continue to bear the trauma of this act of racial terrorism,” Clarke said during her remarks in Washington.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/justice-department-tulsa-race-massacre-review_n_66fb2b5de4b029b6b7a71089

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Justice Department will launch civil rights review into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP
Okay fightvision81 Tuesday #1
The answer to your question is that obviously systemic racism was the norm for most of that time. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Tuesday #2
If we're talking about acknowledging past atrocities, justice delayed is still a form of justice. Ramsey Barner Tuesday #5
I'm so glad this is happening, even now. It wouldn't happen under the (r)epugs erronis Tuesday #3
I mean, okay? What about the racist bile pouring out of TSF's mouth? LearnedHand Tuesday #4
It's about damn time. bluescribbler Tuesday #6
Yep...most people have never heard of it and how horrific it was. n/t Bengus81 Tuesday #7

fightvision81

(15 posts)
1. Okay
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 07:08 AM
Tuesday

I am perplexed as to why it takes more than a hundred years for the Justice Dept to "review" the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. I'm sure that after the findings come out there's not going to be attempts to sweep it under the rug. Let's wait a little longer until there's even less that can be done about it.

erronis

(16,561 posts)
3. I'm so glad this is happening, even now. It wouldn't happen under the (r)epugs
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 07:59 AM
Tuesday

and histories of these activities would be expunged from whatever books still exist.

LearnedHand

(3,891 posts)
4. I mean, okay? What about the racist bile pouring out of TSF's mouth?
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 08:06 AM
Tuesday

Wouldn't that maybe be more productive and maybe more immediately relevant to the people being harmed by it today?

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