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AudioAfter a terrorist attack perpetuated by Russian and German immigrants, US Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer ordered a number of raids to deport Europen immigrants. Palmer was a known enemy of immigrants.
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AudioIn the precedential case Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944), the US Supreme court ruled that it was constitutional to send Japanese-Americans to internment camps, in order to protect the country from espionage.
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Audio14 year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered by two white men for allegedly flirting with a white woman while visiting family in Mississippi. The muderers were aquitted of the charges, but later admitted to killing Till in an interview.
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AudioFour LAPD officers beat Rodney King after he engaged them in a high speed chase. A bystander caught the beating on camera and the incident was seen nation wide. Two of the officers were charged with civil rights violations and the other two were acquitted.
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AudioAmadou Diallo, a 23 year-old Guinean, was shot 41 times by four plain clothed New York City Police Officers in the Bronx. Diallo was unarmed. The police were acquitted of murder charges.
