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Updated May 31, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. On this day in 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre, also known as the Tulsa Race Riot, began in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a prosperous African American community. What led to the Tulsa Race Massacre? The Tulsa Race Massacre was sparked by a false accusation of a […]
Recounting and reflections of the failed Friday night coup, and the mob mentality left in its wake.
-Analysis- BOGOTÁ — Lynching, as it is practiced in Colombia and elsewhere in Latin America, represents a kind of fast-track “people’s justice” fueled by anger over persistent crime and contempt for the pace and integrity of the police and judiciary. It’s not a new phenomenon, and a wave of lynchings was registered in Argentina a […]
It happens intermittently in Latin American countries. Residents exasperated with rampant criminality, police ineptitude and impunity decide to give criminals the lesson of their lives — or the last lesson of their lives. This practice associated more with rural Central America or Mexico is rearing its ugly head in Argentina, where rising crime has been […]