What the records say
- When
- 21 Mar 1937
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 17
- Coordinates
- 18.01° N, 66.61° W
- Description
- 1937 police shooting in Puerto Rico
Ponce massacre
1937 police shooting in Puerto Rico
The Ponce massacre took place on Palm Sunday, March 21, 1937, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, when a peaceful civilian march turned into a police shooting in which 17 civilians, one policeman and one National Guardsman were killed, and more than 200 civilians wounded. None of the civilians were armed and most of the dead were reportedly shot in their backs.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ponce massacre: A police squad, acting under orders from Governor of Puerto Rico Blanton Winship, opens fire on peaceful demonstrators protesting at the arrest…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “massacre de Ponce à Porto Rico”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “miembros del Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico, en una manifestación pacífica, son asesinados por la policía insular, con el resultado de veinte muertos y…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page