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Jun 25, 2017 at 17:31 history tweeted twitter.com/StackHistory/status/879029311948419072
Jun 21, 2017 at 20:01 comment added Yorik I can no longer find the references, but there was an episode in Philadelphia c. 1870 where a Democrat Marching Club did a tour of the city and when they got in front of the Republican Club (possibly on 5th street), a group Republicans (possibly the Republican Invincibles) filed out of their club, formed a line and opened fire on a the crowd of marchers and onlookers. Killed a number of people, including police officers. There was a London news item that curiously, inverted the perpetrators and victims.
Jun 15, 2017 at 21:35 comment added DJohnM This shooting, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… in the House of Representatives 63 years ago, seems to have targeted Dems and Republican's equally...
Jun 15, 2017 at 19:31 comment added T.E.D. @fredsbend - What I'd heard this morning (on NPR morning edition I believe) was that somebody had stopped by and asked that question, but they didn't know if it was the shooter or not. From what I saw, they were wearing red uniforms with the word "Republicans" on them, so either way it would have been a pretty unnessecary question.
Jun 15, 2017 at 18:28 comment added user1973 @Feliz I believe a few witness reports have him asking "Are you Republicans?"
Jun 15, 2017 at 18:02 comment added Greg @FelixGoldberg For example the shooter was explicitly asking directions and checked if those are the republicans.
Jun 15, 2017 at 16:29 comment added SJuan76 Also, without shootings, the 1919 campaign of anarchist bombings and (if we use the "political affiliation" instead of "political party" criteria) the violence against Civil Rights movement in the 60s, more specifically the murder of three activists in Mississippi
Jun 15, 2017 at 14:07 comment added T.E.D. Not only wasn't this the first political party mass shooting, it wasn't the first one this decade. Not that anyone should be surprised. It wasn't even the only mass shooting yesterday. We averaged slightly over 1 a day last year, and have had more already than we had at this time last year. With those sheer numbers, just about every motivation imaginable must be hit on eventually.
Jun 15, 2017 at 10:52 answer added Felix Goldberg timeline score: 2
Jun 15, 2017 at 10:49 comment added Felix Goldberg How do we know that the shooter was specifically targeting Republicans, rather than a generic event with people?
Jun 15, 2017 at 9:13 comment added bof There were several incidents during the Bleeding Kansas period when people were killed for being pro-slavery or anti-slavery, i.e., Democrat or Republican. For instance John Brown's Pottawatomie Massacre. I guess this particular incident doesn't count, since you changed "killing" to "shooting"; Brown's men used swords.
Jun 15, 2017 at 6:14 answer added congusbongus timeline score: 12
Jun 15, 2017 at 5:39 comment added bof Perhaps before the Civil War, in the Bleeding Kansas period?
Jun 15, 2017 at 3:54 history edited user1973 CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jun 15, 2017 at 3:54 comment added user1973 @user I suppose in the strict sense, it's not. I think none dead. But the intent to kill many is clear. He's just a bad shot. I will edit to "shooting".
Jun 15, 2017 at 2:30 comment added justCal How does this qualify as a 'mass killing'?
Jun 15, 2017 at 2:22 history asked user1973 CC BY-SA 3.0