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LAPD Red Squad raid on John Reed Club art show

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"Where Vandals Wrecked Paintings" Los Angeles Daily News, February 13, 1933 page 3

The LAPD Red Squad raid on the John Reed Club art show raid took place in Los Angeles, California, United States, on Saturday, February 11, 1933. The LAPD Red Squad, the police department's anti-radical unit, crashed a political meeting and art show hosted by a number of leftist organizations. Red Squad members destroyed several works of art in a manner that suggested racial animus as well as anti-communist motive.

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"Where Vandals Wrecked Paintings" Los Angeles Daily News, February 13, 1933 page 3
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