Podcasts History This Day in Esoteric Political History The McDonald's Massacre (1984) w/ Cari Babitzke

The McDonald's Massacre (1984) w/ Cari Babitzke

Published: July 19, 2022, 5:55 p.m.

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It\\u2019s July 19th. This day in 1984, a gunman killed 21 people at a McDonald\\u2019s in San Isidro, California. It was one of the earliest public mass shootings in this country.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Cari Babitzke of Boston University to discuss the public and policy response to the event at the time \\u2014 and the many lessons about mass shootings that we still haven\\u2019t learned today.

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