LAS VEGAS, October 1, 2017- The Worst Mass Shooting in American History? Hmmm…
THE COLFAX MASSACRE, April 13, 1873, in Colfax, Louisiana, 150 black men were shot to death by a white militia.
WOUNDED KNEE, December 29, 1890, 300 Lakota men, women, and children shot and killed by the U.S. Cavalry.
EAST ST. LOUIS, July 1917, a mob of 1000 white men shot 100+ African-Americans. The National Guard that was called in to stop the carnage, joined in.
TULSA RACE RIOT, June 1, 1921, a white mob attacked a wealthy black neighborhood. The local police armed the mob who shot 300 black people.
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