December 9th: Walter Liggett Killed (1935)
Speaking out against powerful people can get someone in a lot of trouble. Maybe even cost them their lives. On December 9th 1935 a man who spoke out against corruption was killed on the street by powerful men.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Liggett, http://historyapolis.com/blog/tag/walter-liggett/, http://historyapolis.com/blog/2013/12/04/the-murder-of-walter-liggett/, https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttts4n3, https://original.newsbreak.com/@matt-reicher-1587459/2299123020710-the-shocking-murder-of-minneapolis-journalist-walter-liggett
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