Tulsa shootings: Police chief warns man who shot 5 black men: 'We're coming for you'
TULSA, Okla. — The city’s police chief had strong words of warning Saturday for the man behind the shootings that left three people dead and two more critically wounded: “We’re coming for you.”
Chief Chuck Jordan described the attacks, all of which occurred early Friday, as “vicious and cowardly.”
All five victims were black, leaving Tulsa’s black community on edge.
“We’re all nervous,” said Renaldo Works, 52, who was getting his hair cut at the crowded Charlie’s Angels Forever Hair Style Shop on Saturday morning.
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Outliers of the Ozark Mountains extend into parts of northeastern Oklahoma, and the Ouachita Mountains in the southeast can be quite rugged
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Cherokee Turnpike;
http://www.okhighways.com/cherokee.html
If I was looking to move East, that's where I'd be looking, or the Appalachians.
(Thanks.)
It's got bikers, hippies, New Agers, artists, musicians, religious fundamentalists, and tourists! And the last time I was there, there was still not a single traffic light in the town-- although one of these days, they might have to put one up at the intersection of US62 and Arkansas 23
And I've been on that Cherokee Turnpike a few times, but I think the road it replaced, Oklahoma 33, is much more scenic
Cool story.
Tulsa race riot
The Tulsa Race Riot was a large-scale racially motivated conflict, May 31 - June 1, 1921, between the white and black communities of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in which the wealthiest African-American community in the United States, the Greenwood District also known as 'The Negro Wall St' [1] was burned to the ground. Aerial fire bombing of black residential neighborhoods was reported. During the 16 hours of the assault, over 800 people were admitted to local hospitals with injuries, more than 6,000 Greenwood residents were arrested and detained at three local facilities.[2] An estimated 10,000 were left homeless, and 35 city blocks composed of 1,256 residences were destroyed by fire. The official count of the dead by the Oklahoma Department of Vital Statistics was 36, but other estimates of black fatalities have been up to about 300.[2]
The events of the riot were omitted from local and state history; "The Tulsa race riot of 1921 was rarely mentioned in history books, classrooms or even in private. Blacks and whites alike grew into middle age unaware of what had taken place." [3] In 1996, the state legislature commissioned a report, completed in 2001, to establish the historical record. It has approved some compensatory actions, such as scholarships for descendants of survivors, economic development of Greenwood, and a memorial park, dedicated in 2010, to the victims in Tulsa.
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The riot occurred in the racially and politically tense atmosphere of post-World War I (WWI) northeastern Oklahoma. The territory had received many settlers from the South who had been slaveholders before the American Civil War. In the early 20th century, lynchings were not uncommon in Oklahoma, as part of a continuing effort by whites to maintain social dominance. Between the declaration of statehood on November 16, 1907, and the Tulsa race riot 13 years later, 31 persons were lynched in Oklahoma; 26 were black and most were men. During the twenty years following the riot, the number of lynchings statewide fell to 2.[4]
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The traditionally black district of Greenwood in Tulsa had a commercial district so prosperous it was known as "the Negro Wall Street" (now commonly referred to as "the Black Wall Street"
. Blacks had created their own businesses and services within the racially segregated enclave, including several groceries, two independent newspapers, two movie theaters, nightclubs, and numerous churches. Black doctors, dentists, lawyers and clergy served the community. Because of residential segregation, most classes lived together in Greenwood. They selected their own leaders, and there was capital formation within the community. In the surrounding areas of northeastern Oklahoma, blacks also enjoyed relative prosperity and participated in the oil boom.[6]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot
