The United States Department of Justice has released an anticipated and first-ever formal federal review on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
The US Department of Justice has ruled out prosecution in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, denying legal recourse to the last two living survivors.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
The first-ever U.S. Justice Department review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre finds there is no longer an avenue to bring a criminal case in association with the attack by a white mob on a thriving Black district.
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.
Of interest were statements from federal agents' reports filed soon after the massacre, including about rumors of an attack that had prompted officials to prepare "for the defense of Tulsa."
The new Department of Justice account of the 1921 assault on a Black neighborhood is a necessary dose of truth in an era poisoned by disinformation.
Kristen Clarke, the first Black woman chosen to be the nation's top civil rights enforcer, called leaving the DOJ 'a bittersweet moment.'