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An example of goon squad activity outside the US was the 2019 Yuen Long attack, or 721 incident, during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, in which an armed mob of suspected triad members dressed in white indiscriminately attacked civilians on the streets and in Yuen Long station with steel rods and rattan canes, [7] [8] including the elderly ...
The Goon Squad also made commemorative coins about the squad, one reading "Lt. Middleton's Goon Squad". However, federal prosecutors claimed that McAlpin was the Goon Squad's actual leader. [ 12 ] Five claimed the deputies destroyed food in their kitchens, including smashing a man's face into a cake and pouring milk into a man's dinner.
A Visit from the Goon Squad is a 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction by American author Jennifer Egan.The book is a set of thirteen interrelated stories with a large set of characters all connected to Bennie Salazar, a record company executive, and his assistant, Sasha.
On April 4, 1973 a group of AIM Wounded Knee occupants were caught by FBI Agents while leaving Wounded Knee. They were heavily armed and had a list of names of people who were to be "done away with". Wilson and members of his "GOON squad" were on the list. [18]
The Goon Squad federal sentences. March 19: Elward, who shot Jenkins in the mouth, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Judge Lee called Elward's crimes “egregious and despicable ...
A goon squad is a group of thugs or mercenaries, commonly associated with anti-union or pro-union violence. Goon Squad may also refer to: Goon Squad (band) , a dance music group assembled by Arthur Baker in the mid-1980s
6 Mississippi 'Goon Squad' officers sentenced to 15 to 45 years on state charges for torture of 2 Black men. Maria Piñero and Marlene Lenthang and Doha Madani. Updated April 10, 2024 at 12:20 PM.
Wilson favored mixed–blood residents and close family and friends for positions in his office and created a special enforcing unit, known as the "Goon Squad", to police the region. This Goon Squad soon began to terrorize the residents of the reservation who openly spoke out against Wilson or disagreed with him, especially those who were pure ...