DOJ Report Reveals Law Enforcement's Role in Tulsa Race Massacre
The Justice Department's findings confirm the 1921 massacre was a coordinated attack involving police and city officials, but legal prosecution is no longer possible.
- The DOJ report describes the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre as a systematic and coordinated attack on the prosperous Black community of Greenwood, also known as Black Wall Street.
- Law enforcement officers and deputized white residents played active roles in the violence, including arson, murder, and looting, while disarming and detaining Black residents.
- City officials failed to rebuild Greenwood, instead imposing restrictive fire codes and repurposing the area for industrial use, effectively displacing survivors.
- The report, released under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act, acknowledges the massacre as a unique civil rights atrocity but notes that statutes of limitations and the absence of living perpetrators bar legal action.
- Survivors and descendants continue to push for justice, including reparations and historical recognition, as the DOJ commits to preserving the truth of this devastating chapter in U.S. history.
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