OKLAHOMA CITY: An lawyer who has sued the town of Tulsa for reparations for victims and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has filed a lawsuit for the discharge of data associated to the bloodbath and the approaching centennial of the assault.
The data request was made in January for paperwork that embody references to the 1921 bloodbath and internment camps the place Blacks had been held following the bloodbath, and data referencing the Black Tulsa group between 1908-1921, in accordance with the lawsuit filed Wednesday in state court docket by Tulsa lawyer Damario Solomon-Simmons.
Also sought are data of destruction within the Greenwood District in the course of the bloodbath; data of non-public property taken from the realm; insurance coverage claims associated to the bloodbath; and data associated to the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and a historical past heart within the district.
Plaintiff seeks these paperwork in reference to the upcoming Centennial of the assault that killed an estimated 300 largely Black folks and wounded 800 extra, the lawsuit states.
The paperwork are essential to supply an correct public accounting of the Massacre, and can help plaintiff in its analysis, writing, and responses to interview and public talking requests to commemorate and memorialize the Massacre, its victims and its ongoing influence, in accordance with the lawsuit.
A metropolis spokesperson stated Thursday that the town doesn’t sometimes touch upon pending litigation.
The lawsuit additionally claims Gerald Bender, the town’s litigation division supervisor, interfered with the citys obligation to launch the data as a result of Simmons represents bloodbath survivors and others who’re suing the town for reparations.
(G)iven the truth that your agency at present represents events hostile to the City in on-going litigation you might be respectfully suggested to instantly discontinue contact with our shoppers (the City Clerk), the lawsuit states that Bender wrote.
Solomon-Simmons in September filed a lawsuit on behalf of victims and their descendants affected by the bloodbath searching for unspecified financial damages and attorneys charges.
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