Ponce massacre

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The Ponce massacre was a 1937 incident in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in which police opened fire on unarmed Puerto Rican Nationalist Party demonstrators, killing and wounding dozens and becoming a pivotal event in the island’s independence movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
massacre
political repression event
alsoKnownAs Palm Sunday Massacre
cause police opened fire on unarmed demonstrators
repression of Puerto Rican nationalist movement
commemoratedOn March 21
country United States
describedAs pivotal event in Puerto Rico’s independence movement
eventType police shooting
political demonstration
hasAftermath heightened repression of Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
martyrdom status for victims in nationalist narrative
hasDate 1937-03-21
hasDay 21
hasLocation Ponce, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
hasMonth March
hasPart peaceful nationalist parade
police attack on marchers
hasVictim Puerto Rican Nationalist Party demonstrators
bystanders
hasYear 1937
investigatedBy Hays Commission
involvedOrganization American Civil Liberties Union
Insular Police of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
involvedPerson Blanton Winship
E. Francis Riggs
Governor Blanton Winship
Pedro Albizu Campos
Police Chief E. Francis Riggs
language en
mainLocation Calle Aurora
Calle Marina
Plaza Las Delicias
numberOfDeaths 19
numberOfInjured more than 200 according to some sources
over 100
organizer Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
perpetrator Insular Police of Puerto Rico
colonial authorities of Puerto Rico
politicalContext Puerto Rican independence movement
U.S. colonial rule in Puerto Rico
result dozens killed and wounded
increased support for Puerto Rican independence movement
international criticism of U.S. policy in Puerto Rico
tookPlaceOn Palm Sunday
triggeredBy banned nationalist parade

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Pedro Albizu Campos notableEvent 1937 Ponce massacre (aftermath and protests)
subject linked to: Albizu Campos
linked to: Ponce massacre