1891 New Orleans lynchings
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The 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the murders of 11 Italian Americans, immigrants in New Orleans, by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had
Rioters breaking into parish prison, as illustrated in History of the United States (1912, Scribner)
Artist's conception of Hennessy's murder. "Scene of the Assassination", The Mascot, New Orleans, 1890.
William S. Parkerson inciting the mob. Harper's Weekly, March 28, 1891.
Rioters outside Parish Prison
The New Orleans Police Department has primary responsibility for law enforcement in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The department's jurisdiction covers all of Orleans Parish, while the city it
African American New Orleans Police officer, 1871, sketched by Alfred Waud
Battle of Liberty Place-charge on the police and militia
Mounted police during New Orleans Mardi Gras 1984