Horny History: The Palmer Raids in Detroit

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It’s 1919. Over 4 million workers participated in strikes across different industries. They wanted better pay, better conditions, shorter hours. There was social unrest. People were upset about their poverty stricken living conditions. Upset that others lived comfortably off of their labor.

Some of those people turned violent. Three dozen mail bombs were sent out targeting government officials. Authorities were unable to find who was responsible. Then came more bombs. Anarchist Carlo Valdinoci was killed while detonating a bomb. More anarchists were suspected.

Americans were already suspicious of immigrants. Specifically they were worried of Bolshevik influence among immigrants. With the bombings being linked to an Italian immigrant, treatment of other immigrants in the country grew worse.

Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer and his aide J. Edgar Hoover began coordinating raids of people suspected of anarchism. People with no connection to the bombing, their only charge being suspected radicalism. A charge with a particular aim at Russian and Jewish immigrants.

The first wave of raids were violent. People were beaten with clubs and blackjacks. The public in general supported the violence at this point. They wanted to feel safe themselves.

A second wave of raids began January 2nd 1920. It’s here our friend “kewl” joins us for the story.