Why is it called "Bloody Sunday"?It is called "Bloody Sunday" because on the Emund Pettus Bridge, the marchers were on one end and police officers were on the other end. The sheriff warned them they had 2 minutes to break apart the march, yet police officers attacked the marchers sooner. They gassed, whipped, beat, trampled marchers with their horses, and even killed 14 people. After all of the mess, the marchers went back to Selma in defeat.
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