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uponit7771

(93,376 posts) Fri Jan 7, 2022, 01:50 AM Jan 2022

Preston Brooks was never jailed for beating Charles Sumner with a cane on the senate floor. [View all]

I pray we don't repeat the bad parts of history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks

Brooks claimed that he "meant no disrespect to the Senate of the United States" by attacking Sumner, and also that he had not intended to kill Sumner, or else he would have used a different weapon. Brooks was tried in a District of Columbia court for the attack. He was convicted of assault and was fined $300, though he was not incarcerated.[1]: 83

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Preston Brooks was never jailed for beating Charles Sumner with a cane on the senate floor. [View all] uponit7771 Jan 2022 OP

Just saw that canetoad Jan 2022 #1

'The Beating of Charles Sumner, or the Brooks-Sumner Affair, occurred on May 22, 1856, elleng Jan 2022 #2

I'm deaf as a post canetoad Jan 2022 #3

Me too. Lol. jimfields33 Jan 2022 #10

Brooks died unexpectedly from a violent attack of croup on January 27, 1857 Celerity Jan 2022 #9

Yes and in the beginning the civil war in the US was treated like 1/6 event; a one off battle that uponit7771 Jan 2022 #4

Prayers won't work, and surely not prayers that we've LEARNED from the past; elleng Jan 2022 #5

oh for a minute there I thought you wrote "Foster Brooks" Grasswire2 Jan 2022 #6

Here's the video(s) of Rachel Maddow speaking about it with guest Doris Kearns Goodwin: Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #7

Brooks even had the remnants of his cane BigmanPigman Jan 2022 #8

Apt comparison to today Doc Sportello Jan 2022 #11

+1, That one guy who threatened AOC should have been kicked out of congress. If we don't make uponit7771 Jan 2022 #12

Exactly Doc Sportello Jan 2022 #13