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BumRushDaShow

(150,605 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 06:25 AM Jan 2025

Justice Department says there are 'credible reports' law enforcement took part in 1921 Tulsa massacre

Source: Reuters

January 10, 2025 6:03 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago


WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Some law enforcement members participated in arson and murders that occurred during the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report released Friday. The report, which was released in the final days of President Joe Biden's administration, follows decades of advocacy efforts from massacre survivors, descendants and civil rights groups.

Efforts to rebuild the historic community have been underway for years but advocates have continued to seek justice -- including reparations and an official federal review. The DOJ's civil rights division launched the review and evaluation last September into the massacre, where white attackers killed as many as 300 people, mostly Black residents, living in Tulsa's prosperous Greenwood neighborhood.

But despite the gravity of the findings, the DOJ said "no avenue of prosecution now exists for crimes that occurred," citing the expiration of relevant statutes of limitations and the youngest potential defendants being more than 115 years old.

The report found law enforcement officers, both from the Tulsa Police and the National Guard, "disarmed Black residents, confiscated their weapons and detained many in makeshift camps under armed guard." "In addition, there are credible reports that at least some law enforcement officers did more than arrest and detain Black men; some participated in murder, arson and looting," the report said.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/justice-department-says-there-are-credible-reports-law-enforcement-took-part-2025-01-10/



Link to DOJ PRESS RELEASE - Justice Department Announces Results of Review and Evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre
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Justice Department says there are 'credible reports' law enforcement took part in 1921 Tulsa massacre (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jan 2025 OP
The Tulsa newspaper archives are often missing issues surrounding these dates. Simeon Salus Jan 2025 #1
Orwellian. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2025 #2
Indeed ck4829 Jan 20 #24
I wanna say "surreal", but it's not ck4829 Jan 20 #23
Duh... Lovie777 Jan 2025 #3
The only surprise to me is that it is being admitted. niyad Jan 2025 #4
True ck4829 Jan 20 #25
That falls under the "No Fucking Shit" category. Aristus Jan 2025 #5
Flashing forward Marthe48 Jan 2025 #6
"Justice Department says there are 'credible reports' law enforcement took part in 1921 Tulsa massacre" OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #7
Justice delayed. Justice denied. Boomerproud Jan 2025 #8
Not if the "1776 Project" gets its way... nt Shipwack Jan 2025 #11
I think there is a whole trove of evidence showing acts like these in history that have been suppressed. hadEnuf Jan 2025 #9
Exactly! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #12
Killers of the Flower Moon for example............. Bengus81 Jan 20 #22
Anyone surprised by this (or by many other things) soldierant Jan 2025 #10
Sadly I'm not surprised Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2025 #13
DOJ renamed Dept of History, "wheels of justice turn slowly", Trump case: Jan. 2125 TBD lostnfound Jan 2025 #14
Well.....duh! Martin68 Jan 2025 #15
It only took 104 years to get the truth out FakeNoose Jan 2025 #16
Well obviously... Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #17
Kick ck4829 Jan 20 #18
Ya think? /nt artemisia1 Jan 20 #19
lol. so this is what they've been doing? travelingthrulife Jan 20 #20
I don't want this to turn into a story-- IzzaNuDay Jan 20 #21

Simeon Salus

(1,469 posts)
1. The Tulsa newspaper archives are often missing issues surrounding these dates.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 06:45 AM
Jan 2025

Until the late nineties, the state was denying the event ever occurred.

Lovie777

(17,885 posts)
3. Duh...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:20 AM
Jan 2025

Immigration round up, they will try and cover it up as well, but it’s a different time.

What went on back then, was verbally passed on from generations, and it’s inhumane.

Aristus

(69,639 posts)
5. That falls under the "No Fucking Shit" category.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:33 AM
Jan 2025

Law enforcement officers in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1920’s? I’m sure they all got a white hood to go with their badges.

Marthe48

(20,430 posts)
6. Flashing forward
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:02 PM
Jan 2025

the felon install incited an overthrow of the U.S. government on 2021. As far as I'm concerned, the physical death of elected representatives didn't happen, but the attack murdered my country. We badly need to address and redress that violence.


I think any people violently deprived of property, freedom, life, should be compensated. In the case of Tulsa survivors and descendants, it is too late to do anything but sympathize. I already know I wouldn't join in killing someone for their stuff or utterly destroying what they worked hard to gain, andmaybe the grim facts coming to light will turn some people away from being murderous racist bullies easily swayed to commit crimes against their fellow humans.
But in the case of instigators, ring leaders and goons who destroyed the country, it is not too late to make them pay for what they've done. It will be soon, and there won't be any going back. It was made to seem permissible, so it's open season on the rule of law.

OldBaldy1701E

(7,648 posts)
7. "Justice Department says there are 'credible reports' law enforcement took part in 1921 Tulsa massacre"
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:38 PM
Jan 2025

I guess all the non-white people who were telling about this over and over were not 'credible'.

Typical whitewashing of history that is finally being brought to light. Of course, the timing is also suspect, as no one is around to be punished for this. I mean, there is the Tulsa Police Department, who allowed this to happen, but good luck with that.

hadEnuf

(3,101 posts)
9. I think there is a whole trove of evidence showing acts like these in history that have been suppressed.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:27 PM
Jan 2025

Hence the war on "woke".

Bengus81

(8,665 posts)
22. Killers of the Flower Moon for example.............
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 04:40 PM
Jan 20

Same time frame as the Tulsa riots...in Oklahoma.

soldierant

(8,363 posts)
10. Anyone surprised by this (or by many other things)
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:31 PM
Jan 2025

must have missed Eric Berne's "Games People Play." Particularly the section on the life game of "Cops and Robbers" which is not being played by all of either group - but it is by enough people to make policing itself problematic.)

lostnfound

(16,914 posts)
14. DOJ renamed Dept of History, "wheels of justice turn slowly", Trump case: Jan. 2125 TBD
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 07:08 AM
Jan 2025

Lots of i’s to dot and t’s to cross.
Normally I’d cheer this, but presently it is just insulting.

IzzaNuDay

(933 posts)
21. I don't want this to turn into a story--
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 04:25 PM
Jan 20

where the dotard pardons all law enforcement involved…they were already pardoned by this case being hidden all these years.

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