Tulsa Race Massacre centennial: Greenwood’s destruction - Washington Post

… "The city police department and the county sheriff's office deputized and armed white Tulsans to murder, loot, and burn the nearly 40 city blocks of the Greenwood District," according to the reparations lawsuit. "The State National Guard participated with this angry white mob in killing and looting and destroying the property of Black residents of Greenwood. The city, sheriff, chamber, and county targeted Black community leaders and victims of the massacre for prosecution as instigators of the massacre — despite knowing who were truly responsible."…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2021/tulsa-race-massacre-centennial-greenwood/