Friday, September 06, 2019

The Battle of Athens, TN (1946)

2ndA (1946) “The Battle of Athens”  (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was [an Armed] a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946.  The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused the local officials of predatory policing, police brutality, political corruption and voter intimidation.” [1]
🎥 https://youtu.be/6c-Dsg4X4Dk (1h39m33s)

A text overview:
https://www.constitution.org/mil/tn/batathen.htm
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https://thefreethoughtproject.com/wwii-vets-against-corrupt-cops-athens-tn/

The Second Amendment & The Constitution worked well.

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[1] Wikipedia re The Battle of Athens, TN
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_%281946%29

Congressman Dornan was right:
“...and by the way, Mr. Speaker, the Second Amendment is not for killing little ducks and leaving Huey and Dewey and Louie without an aunt and uncle.  It's for hunting politicians, like in Grozny, and in the colonies in 1776, or when they take your independence away.”

~ Robert Kenneth (B-1) Dornan*,  U.S. Congressman (CA-R 27th), January 25, 1994, responding to then President Bill Clinton's "State of the Union" speech.

Quote source: http://libertytree.ca/quotes/Robert.Dornan.Quote.B592
* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dornan

H/T American Movement and The Internet Wayback Machine (https://archive.org)

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