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4:00PM 3/7/1965: The decision was made that if police stopped the marchers, they would remain at the bridge until tear gas was used to force them to leave.pic.twitter.com/X310wQUwCl
4:10PM 3/7/1965: Two carloads of possemen showed up to the bridge where the marchers were gathered. @SNCCdigital staffer Annie Pearl Avery was arrested for walking down a public street.pic.twitter.com/unqdNyPvrS
4:13PM 3/7/1965: An amplified voice is heard through the tense standoff. ''I am Maj. John Cloud of the Alabama State Troopers. This is an unlawful march, and it will not be allowed to continue. You are ordered to disperse. You have two minutes.''pic.twitter.com/MikIBtXSc2
4:15PM 3/71965: All hell breaks loose in Selma. State troopers rush the protesters, shoot tear gas and beat marchers. People are screaming, crying, shouting, running back, telling others what is happening, and helping others into ambulances.pic.twitter.com/OYfRLbj46q
4:25pm 3/7/1965: As law enforcement shoot tear gas and chase demonstrators while on horseback, marchers run back towards Brown Chapel AME. “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life!” one witness says. Folks pour into the church to get away from troopers, possemen, & tear gas.pic.twitter.com/A1KUh5aVA0
5:30pm 3/7/1965: Brown Chapel AME was surrounded by Sheriff Clark, State Troopers, and possemen as law enforcement blocked off the entire area so no one could enter or leave. Neighbors who went to help were forced back into their homes with billy clubs.pic.twitter.com/hfCElyt6yl
7:30pm 3/7/1965: Word spreads that Alabama State Troopers and possemen have left the scene.pic.twitter.com/7RinBWr3il
8:30pm 3/7/1965: Marchers and allies still at Brown Chapel AME start a meeting on what to do next after which everyone dispersed to their homes for the night. At the meeting, it was announced that the march would be continued on Tuesday, March 9th. Dr. King would be there.pic.twitter.com/pJ4lLKPJTJ
3/7- 3/8/ 1965: Doctors and nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital worked all night on nearly one hundred patients. Injuries included lacerations, broken bones, fractured skulls, and injuries caused by tear gas.pic.twitter.com/MS1BbJ6yoB
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