On this day, 30 May 1937, the Memorial Day Massacre when Chicago police opened fire on a peaceful march of striking steel workers, their families and supporters. The police murdered 10, and shot, beat and hospitalised many others, nine of whom were permanently disabled. No police were prosecuted, and the press called it a “red riot”.
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