Posted on May 3, 2022
Judge Allows Part of Lawsuit by Tulsa Massacre Survivors Seeking Reparations
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Three survivors of the 1921 massacre that saw a white mob kill hundreds of Black residents and destroy a thriving Black business district in Tulsa, Okla., can proceed with part of a lawsuit seeking reparations, a judge in Oklahoma has ruled.
“History was made today,” Damario Solomon-Simmons, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said outside of the courtroom on Monday, after the ruling by Judge Caroline Wall of Tulsa County District Court. Defense lawyers left after the hearing without comment, a local television station reported.
In an interview on Tuesday, Mr. Solomon-Simmons said Judge Wall would provide a written order that would provide details about the ruling, which granted a motion by the defendants to dismiss part of the case.
“The only thing we know is that she allowed a part of our case to move forward to discovery and trial,” he said, adding that “we do not know the specifics.”
“History was made today,” Damario Solomon-Simmons, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said outside of the courtroom on Monday, after the ruling by Judge Caroline Wall of Tulsa County District Court. Defense lawyers left after the hearing without comment, a local television station reported.
In an interview on Tuesday, Mr. Solomon-Simmons said Judge Wall would provide a written order that would provide details about the ruling, which granted a motion by the defendants to dismiss part of the case.
“The only thing we know is that she allowed a part of our case to move forward to discovery and trial,” he said, adding that “we do not know the specifics.”
Judge Allows Part of Lawsuit by Tulsa Massacre Survivors Seeking Reparations
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..."“The court’s ruling is incredibly important,” Michael Swartz, the plaintiffs’ co-counsel, said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. “It means that, after 100 years, the three living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre will finally have an opportunity to hold the institutions who instigated, facilitated and brutally implemented one of the worst acts of domestic terrorism in this country’s history accountable for their actions and to seek to repair the continuing harm done to their once thriving community.”
The three plaintiffs who survived the massacre are all over 100 years old: Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis Sr. and Lessie Benningfield Randle, who says she still has flashbacks of corpses being stacked on the street as her neighborhood burned, according to the complaint. Mr. Solomon-Simmons, in his arguments on Monday, said that given their age, “time is of the essence,” according to news reports from inside the courtroom.
“We want them to see justice in their lifetime,” Mr. Solomon-Simmons said, according to The A.P. “I just don’t want to see the last three die without justice.”"
..."“The court’s ruling is incredibly important,” Michael Swartz, the plaintiffs’ co-counsel, said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. “It means that, after 100 years, the three living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre will finally have an opportunity to hold the institutions who instigated, facilitated and brutally implemented one of the worst acts of domestic terrorism in this country’s history accountable for their actions and to seek to repair the continuing harm done to their once thriving community.”
The three plaintiffs who survived the massacre are all over 100 years old: Viola Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis Sr. and Lessie Benningfield Randle, who says she still has flashbacks of corpses being stacked on the street as her neighborhood burned, according to the complaint. Mr. Solomon-Simmons, in his arguments on Monday, said that given their age, “time is of the essence,” according to news reports from inside the courtroom.
“We want them to see justice in their lifetime,” Mr. Solomon-Simmons said, according to The A.P. “I just don’t want to see the last three die without justice.”"
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