The Saints Valentine's Day massacre isn’t a direct political law or person. But it is directly related to Prohibition, or "the Volstead act". This is because with alcohol illegal, their where gangs in the country who would make and sell it illegally. This massacre is the murder of seven people in Chicago, during the heated rivalry between the outside Italians, and the north side Irish.
Four of the Italians under the leadership of Capone dressed as police officers and went to an Irish gang hideout. At first it seemed like a normal procedure they put all of the Irish against a wall in pat down position but instead of a pat down, the fake police officers pulled out Tommy guns and opened fire. Officials believe this was retaliation for the Irish gang’s attack on the Italian HQ.
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