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82: Legalized Murder: When The Purge Happened In America—Red Summer of 1919 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

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The Unseen Horror of the Jim Crow South

Cops let the wrongly imprisoned black Americans face a judge who would sentence them to death for no reason. Some were tortured into giving fake testimonies or turn on their friends and get themselves killed. After three days of terror, at least 100 black people were killed, with the actual number believed to be much higher. Dozens of black people were also convicted for crimes they didn't even commit just for being black.

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But angry mobs formed around jailhouses saying jail wasn't enough. And the cops were like, don't worry, you guys. We're taking care of it. Sorry, I'm not in the job. We're just taking care of it. So the cops put the wrongly imprisoned black Americans in front of a judge knowing that the judge would sentence them to death for no damn reason. Other people were interrogated and were tortured into saying whatever the cops wanted them to. Reports even said that some imprisoned people had to choose. Turn on your friends and give a fake testimony so they get killed or be sentenced to death by the electric chair and get yourself killed. So, hmm, which option do I want? You know, when no one was trying to help them or save them. So after three days of terror, at least 100 black people were killed. Some sources say the numbers closer to 230, but many believe that the number may be even way higher. But it was such a time of chaos. It's hard for the records to actually show everything. And plus, you know, white people weren't going to be honest about how many of them. You know, they're just kind of round and shit. They're just being little shitheads. Point blank period. On top of that, dozens of black people in the area were tried and convicted for crimes that they didn't even commit. Nothing. Like, you're just for being black.

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