On this day in 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre, also known as the Tulsa Race Riot, began in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a prosperous African American community.
that gives hope, a moment of optimism, a baby rescued from deep in the rubble after a massive bombing. in march of 2011, a group of young boys spray painted anti-government great feety on a wall. they were arrested and disappeared for two weeks. when they returned home, their families found that their bodies were scarred from torture, allegedly at the hands of regime forces. and that really provided the spark that ignited a series of protests not just in the city they were from, but across the entire country. about a year later, you had the hula massacre which was one of the most horrific incidents in the syrian civil war when roughly 100 people were killed by government soldiers, and half of them were believed to be children. and those images served as a real rallying cry not just
can imagine, seen officials have been all over this, one official describing it as a massacre, against the freedom of press. u.n. office here also had to say about this situation, clearly angry. they to want freedom and democracy and they destroy the other opinion. that is democracy? reporter: what struck us as we moved around the suburbs, today, the huge presence of security checkpoints, soldiers absolutely a response to what we have been seeing and what we have been hearing the last couple of days, and escalation of attacks, of clashes, very close to this capital of damascus. one more note, shep, released today, a u.n. report looking into the hula massacre where more than 100 men, women, and children were killed in a town here in syria back in may while they could not say definitive,
from a contributor to rielle hunter during the primary. jurors did not believe this campaign finance law and could not decide on the rest of it. the judge declared a mistrial. i wanted to say first, thank you for the jurors, and their incredibly hard work and their diligence, they took their job very, very seriously. all i can say is that we live in a country that has the kind of system that we have. that system in all likelihood will not try him again. we ll talk to jeffrey toobin about the reasons buy. but first i want to show you john edwards news conference. although i never thought i was doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. and there is no one else responsible for my sins. none of the people who came to court and testified are responsible, nobody working for the government is responsible. i am responsible. and if i wanted to find the person who should be held accountable for my sins, honestly i don t have to go any further than the mirr
syrian dissidents telling the new york times they were electrical workers who refused to end their protest strike against the government. if that is true, along with the manner of killing it strongly suggests either government forces or pro-government militias were responsible. there of course is no such thing as absolute proof of that, or who was responsible for the slaughter of dozens and dozens of children that took place in houla on friday. they both fit a pattern. today, british correspondent alex thompson bravely got in to houla to speak with the survivors of the atrocities. we said this last night, it bears repeating the regime not only denies involvement in the murders, denies any violation of the two month old cease fire at all. during this time, syria has not done a single violation or the understanding understanding between syria and united nations. keeping them honest, that is not true. as 360 first reported, government forces were shelling homes on day one