• THE YOUNG BROTHERS MASSACRE: A BAD DAY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

  • Jan 5 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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THE YOUNG BROTHERS MASSACRE: A BAD DAY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

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  • On Jan 2, 1932, in a rural area in southwest Missouri, 6 lawmen were shot and killed and two wounded in a shootout as a groupof 11 sheriffs and deputies surrounded a farmhouse in which two or three well-armed fugitives were holedup. They were brothers named Harry and Jennings, and possibly Paul, and they were wanted- Harry for murder of a lawman, the others for operating a multi-state auto theft ring. Just about every rule in modern policing was broken- but this was 1932, it was a rural area, and police forces were basically just peacekeepers in farm towns in those days. They had lots of courage but little training. Inside the house were two brothers who had won area shooting contests for years, they had been in prison, and did not want to go back,

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