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Bloody Sunday (1938)
1938 strike suppression in Vancouver, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Bloody Sunday (disambiguation).
Bloody Sunday was the conclusion of a month-long "sitdowners' strike" by unemployed men at the main post office in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] It was Depression-era Vancouver's final violent clash between unemployed protesters and police that provoked widespread criticism of police brutality.[2]
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Bloody Sunday | |||
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![]() A plainclothes Mountie clubbing protesters leaving the post office | |||
Date | 19 June 1938 | ||
Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
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Resulted in | No concessions given | ||
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Lead figures | |||
Steve Bordie | |||
Casualties | |||
Injuries | 100 injured (43 hospitalized) |
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Post_Office_1938.jpg/640px-Post_Office_1938.jpg)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Demonstrators_after_Vancouver_post_office_riot_of_1938.jpg/640px-Demonstrators_after_Vancouver_post_office_riot_of_1938.jpg)
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