#OTD on May 3, 1909 Ranger Levi Davis killed Severo Lopez in Rio Grande City. Lopez and several friends had been enjoying a festive dinner when Davis and 2 other

#OTD in May 1970 the US Commission on Civil Rights issued Clearinghouse Publication #90 entitled Stranger in One’s Land. This government report analyzed the findings of the 1968 San Antonio

Content warning: This post contains graphic descriptions of a lynching. Please also know that images of George Hughes’ body are available on Google and use caution if you research this

On May 12th 1858, the Texas Rangers, lead by John S. “Old Rip” Ford attacked the village of the Comanche chief Iron Jacket, a well known medicine man, killing at

On May 15, 2004, Kirby Warnock released his film “Border Bandits,” which juxtaposed the myth of the Rangers with the murder of Antonio Longoria and Jesus Bazán in 1915, bringing

On this day in 1917, four men arrested Thomas Hickey, editor of the socialist, anti-war newspaper The Rebel, claiming without evidence that he was part of an armed anti-conscription conspiracy.

On May 20, 1974, the US Supreme Court decided against the Texas Rangers in Allee v Medrano, upholding a lower court’s ruling that the Rangers injured strikers constitutional rights during

On this day in 1916, José Morin and Victoriano Ponce disappeared while in the custody of Ranger Captain J.J. Sanders. The men were suspected of attacks against U.S. citizens, but

#OTD on May 26, 1967, Texas Rangers under the command of A.Y. Allee attacked civil and labor rights activist Francisco “Pancho” Medrano in Edinburg, Texas. Medrano was a well respected

#OTD in 1800 Texas Ranger Lt. Thomas I. Smith was born in Virginia. Along with Ranger Captain Samuel Highsmith, Smith attacked and killed a number of peaceful Caddo and Wichita