The United States Department of Justice has released an anticipated and first-ever formal federal review on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
The first-ever U.S. Justice Department review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre concluded Friday that while federal prosecution may have been possible a century ago there is no longer an avenue to bring a criminal case more than 100 years after one of the worst racial attacks in U.
The Justice Department has issued a report on its exhaustive probe of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in which it concludes that while there is no longer any "avenue of prosecution," it provides a needed historic record.
"Had today’s more robust civil rights laws been in effect in 1921, federal prosecutors could have pursued hate crime charges against the massacre’s perpetrators, including both public officials and private citizens,
The Department of Justice was unable to pursue prosecution of persons involved in the decimation of the once-prosperous Greenwood community of Tulsa, Oklahoma, but now, an official review of the horrific crimes committed in 1921 has recognized the systemic racism at its foundation.
The US Department of Justice has ruled out prosecution in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, denying legal recourse to the last two living survivors.
So far this year, the most consequential publisher in America is the United States government. In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, the Justice Department posted online a grim PDF with a title that defies all marketing advice: “Final Report of the Special Counsel Under 28 C.F.R. § 600.8.”
On Friday, the Department of Justice issued a report on the Tulsa Race Massacre, outlining its finding and evaluation of the massacre undertaken in accordance with the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act.
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.
Federal officials said Saturday they cannot prosecute any person or government agency involved in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other questions to be answered.