The Short Creek raid is carried out on a polygynous Mormon sect in Arizona

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26 juil. 1953

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Événement

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36.99° N, 112.98° W

Description

The Short Creek raid is carried out on a polygynous Mormon sect in Arizona.

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1953 mass arrest in Arizona, US

The Short Creek raid was an Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona National Guard action against Mormon fundamentalists that took place on the morning of July 26, 1953, at Short Creek, Arizona. The Short Creek raid was the "largest mass arrest of polygamists in American history". Law enforcement arrested polygamist men and removed children from their families.

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