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This week in 1979, US-backed South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee declared martial law in Busan & Masan, deploying elite airborne troops to crush huge democracy protests. The troops opened fire, arrested, beat & tortured over 1,000 students & workers; killing up to 100 ppl.
The protests started w/ Busan University students but soon included workers & non-students w/ tens of thousands protesting. Hundreds were tortured & some protesters were found dead w/ back of their heads dented-in from beatings.
Those arrested were stripped naked & subjected to torture & beating that left their clothing blood-soaked. Witnesses describe how the wails of the tortured filled Masan police station.
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Armored vehicles and tanks filled the streets as opposition leaders were arrested, stripped naked and held for days in cold basements.
The protests and upheaval didn't end until Park Chung-hee was assassinated on October 26, 1979, which some believe was done with US knowledge or approval. pmpress.org/content/articl… …
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On this day in 1862, Abraham Lincoln ordered the largest ever mass execution in US history, hanging 38 innocent Dakota men. The execution followed sham military trials where they were found 'guilty' of the ‘crime’ of resisting starvation & their own ethnic cleansing.
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