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Editorial
The Roots of Today’s Racism and Police Violence, in an ‘Inconceivably Brutal’ Riot 150 Years Ago
“The police headed the butchery” in Memphis in May of 1866,
The Nation
reported at the time, “and occupied themselves in shooting down every colored person, of whatever sex, of whom they got a glimpse.”
Richard Kreitner
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