A U.S. Department of Justice review conducted under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act and released in January 2024 concluded that federal prosecution may have been possible at the time of the 1921 massacre but that there was no longer an avenue to bring a criminal case.
January 01, 2024
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Federal review finding about the legal feasibility of prosecuting crimes from the 1921 massacre.
A 2024 U.S. Department of Justice review conducted under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act concluded that federal prosecution for crimes related to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre may have been possible at the time but that no avenue remained to bring a criminal case by 2024.
January 01, 2024
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Findings from a federal review assessing prosecutability of crimes from the 1921 massacre.