Biden needs to follow through on his promised support for Tulsa survivors
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In 2021, President Biden visited the site of the Tulsa massacre and called it a 'massacre.' Last month, the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed the last remaining survivors' lawsuit against city officials. The survivors are asking for a federal investigation into the massacre and for the United States Department of Justice to intervene. The implications of the survivors' appeal for a federal investigation are significant. The Biden-Harris administration should announce support for a federal investigation into the Tulsa massacre. The survivors have long sought to open processes of discovery to add to the collective understanding of what happened during the massacre. The federal government has a 'policy norm' of providing 'reparatory compensation' to various groups of people for harms. Black victims of Tulsa's mass racial terrorism have been denied justice for decades. Norms, precedents, and tangible systemic delivery systems of investigation and repair already exist in America and should be deployed for the victims of Tulsa and their descendants.
#TulsaMassacre #Biden #Support #FederalInvestigation #Survivors
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/15/biden-tulsa-survivors-investigation-lawsuit/
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