Thx 4 the post. That was some serious mayhem that went down. What I read as 2 paragraphs in a US history book came alive with detail in the Times pages.
“That was some serious mayhem that went down.”
For sure. If you haven’t been following my posts on the Harper’s Weekly thread lately, I recommend them for George Templeton Strong’s accounts of the riots. He as entries every day this week. On the 15th he tells of the men from his club being “badly repulsed in an attack on the mob.” So citizens took matter into their own hands on occasion if the police were unavailable. Today the editors of his diary tell of bodies of citizens obtaining arms from the authorities and taking a hand in restoring order. I can’t imagine that happening today.
Here are the links to the entries I quoted from.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4167030/posts#40
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4167030/posts?q=1&;page=51#54