This Day in History: May 4th

[chantalzola]

1886: A riot breaks out in Haymarket Square
1970: National Guard kills four at Kent State
1976: Margaret Thatcher sworn in
1990: An inhumane execution
1994: Rabin and Arafat sign accord for Palestinian self-rule

Comments

no, there was no Haymarket "riot"

[apostle_of_eris]

A crazy pig officer had to attack a harmless crowd so badly he ignored the mayor's orders to go home to do it.
Someone threw a bomb; the cops freaked and started shooting all over, killing several of each other in addition to uncounted innocents.
So the government killed some anarchists.