Memphis riots of 1866
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"The so-called "friendly whites" a.k.a Irishmen committed genocide on African people right here in my city" guaranteed it was working class cacs too the strongest allies Black people have in the struggle against CLASSISM since racism isn't even a real issue. 
PoPimp84
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Damn shame that i was born and raised in the M but i never learned about this until I was an adult. Anyway this is part of what fuels white supremacy til this day, they fear that we would do to white people like they have done us.Lord_nikon
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No one was ever prosecuted.
The more things change, the more they stay the same
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Lord_nikon
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. Officials of the Freedmen's Bureau reported that police arrested black soldiers for minor offenses and usually treated them brutally, in contrast to their treatment of white suspects. "One historian described the composition of the police force as being like "taking a troop of lions to guard a herd of unruly cattle"(U.S. House 1866:143)."[17] Police were used to interacting with black people under Tennessee's slave laws and felt perturbed by armed black men in uniform.[21] Incidents of police brutality mounted.[4] In September 1865 Brigadier General John E. Smith banned "the public entertainments, balls, and parties heretofore frequently given by the colored people of this City", police violently intervened in black gatherings and on one occasion attempted to arrest a group of women (married to soldiers who were present) on grounds of prostitution. Soldiers prevented the arrest and an armed standoff ensued.[22] Police shoved and beat people in the street for the crime of "insolence."
smh, the same shyt now, they just make up something an charge a black man/woman
smh, the same shyt now, they just make up something an charge a black man/woman