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Fact check: Were four police officers shot in the 1946 incident?


The Daily Herald
The historically significant events between Feb. 25 and 26, 1946 in Columbia involving residents of the predominantly black neighborhood, the Bottom, and state authorities have been called many things, including a race riot,  eliciting rumors that several police officers were shot with real bullets, for example. However, the Herald seeks to dispel some of those myths through information gathered from the Maury County Archives, local historians and other historic resources. Below are a few main points that have been distorted in many ways throughout history. 
No one was killed during the incident in the Bottom 
On Feb 26, 1946 when the Tennessee Highway Patrol, led by patrol chief and former all-American football star Lynn Bomar, stormed the Bottom, a black neighborhood located at East 8th Street and North Main. Though no one was killed, over 100 men were arrested leading to a court case that sparked attention in the area of civil rights. Durin ....

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