"Heroes Live Forever" - the deadliest days in law enforcement history
McLean, VA (December 31, 2024) - On November 24, 1917, a young boy named Sam Mazzone was summoned to take a suspicious package left outside a church to Milwaukee police headquarters. It turned out to be a bomb planted at the church by anarchists in an act of revenge. As a group of detectives filed out of roll call and began examining the package, it exploded, killing nine officers. For nearly 90 years, the Milwaukee bombing incident was the deadliest in law enforcement history. But history would be rewritten on September 11, 2001, when 72 officers were killed in coordinated terrorist attacks. Multiple death cases involving law enforcement officers date back to the earliest days of our nation’s history when Ellis Drake and Asa Marsh of the U.S. Customs Service were shot and killed by smugglers in 1808. Listen to the podcast to learn more.Citizens Behind the Badge now communicates through Substack! Please share this post and encourage other law enforcement supporters to subscribe for free and receive news and updates. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit behindbadge.substack.com
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McLean, VA (December 31, 2024) - On November 24, 1917, a young boy named Sam Mazzone was summoned to take a suspicious package left outside a church to Milwaukee police headquarters. It turned out to be a bomb planted at the church by anarchists in an act of revenge. As a group of detectives filed out of roll call and began examining the package, it exploded, killing nine officers. For nearly 90 years, the Milwaukee bombing incident was the deadliest in law enforcement history. But history w...