My friend whose family was beaten to death by gestapo

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6. It has happened here-- not a nation gone insane like Germany in the 30s with...

a murderous leadership, but smaller demonstrations of hate and violence.

The public has been whipped up many times, but this is one that haunts me:

https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2001/apr/010430.execution.html

The Last Public Execution in America

The United States has a long history of so-called "legal" public executions. The last one was carried out in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1936 when Rainey Bethea was hanged after his conviction for the rape and murder of a 70-year-old woman.

Hundreds of reporters and photographers -- some from as far away as New York and Chicago -- were sent to Owensboro to cover what was then the country's first hanging conducted by a woman. At least 20,000 people descended on the town to witness the execution. Bethea walked toward the gallows shortly after sunrise and was pronounced dead at around 5:45 a.m. that same day.

In 1936, reporters blasted what they called the 'carnival in Owensboro.' Many scholars say Bethea's execution -- and the coverage it received -- led to a banning of public executions in America.

Some crowd,eh?