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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Ponce massacre canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
political repression event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Palm Sunday Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause police opened fire on unarmed demonstrators ⓘ
repression of Puerto Rican nationalist movement ⓘ
commemoratedOn March 21 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puerto Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonth March ⓘ
hasPart peaceful nationalist parade ⓘ
police attack on marchers ⓘ
hasVictim Puerto Rican Nationalist Party demonstrators ⓘ
bystanders ⓘ
hasYear 1937 ⓘ
investigatedBy Hays Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedOrganization American Civil Liberties Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Insular Police of Puerto Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedPerson Blanton Winship NERFINISHED ⓘ
E. Francis Riggs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Governor Blanton Winship NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pedro Albizu Campos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Police Chief E. Francis Riggs NERFINISHED ⓘ
language en ⓘ
mainLocation Calle Aurora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calle Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plaza Las Delicias NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfDeaths 19 ⓘ
numberOfInjured more than 200 according to some sources ⓘ
over 100 ⓘ
organizer Puerto Rican Nationalist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetrator Insular Police of Puerto Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
triggeredBy banned nationalist parade ⓘ

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