War Against
All Puerto Ricans by Nelson Denis, 2015, Excerpts
On October 24, 1935,
University of Puerto Rico students held a meeting to discuss their relationship
with Pedro Albizu Campos and the Nationalist Party. To insure a “peaceful”
gathering, General Winship’s police surrounded the campus in Rio Piedras and
stationed themselves on every street corner with carbines, tear gas, and
machine guns.
At 10:30 AM, before the
meeting started, several police cars intercepted a sedan with four Nationalists
inside. Several more police cars pulled up, a squad of officers surrounded the
car, and all of them started shooting.
The entire island was
outraged. Speaking to 8,000 mourners, Albizu Campos accused General Winship and
his police chief, Colonel Riggs, of deliberate murder.
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