Saturday, September 16, 2023

Sunday, September 16, 1923. The Amakasu Incident.

Prominent anarchists, Sakae Ōsugi and Noe Itō, his wife and Sakae's 6-year-old nephew Munekazu Tachibana, were beaten to death by the Kenpeitai, under the command of Masahiko Amakasu. The bodies were then thrown into a well in what would become the Amakasu Incident.

The soldiers responsible were court-martialed, with their defense being impromptu national defense.  The convicted defendants received relatively light sentences.

Oklahoma was clamping down on the KKK.



 

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