Police Raids on Speakeasies · Digital Harlem: Everyday Life 1915-1930

Title of event: Police Raids on Speakeasies
Type of event: Police Raid
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Report on event: Police Raids on Speakeasies Sole event referenced by Whalen's Whackers Raid Forty-five Harlem Speakeasies -- 12 Padlocked
Start date / time: January 2, 1929
Start (general time of day): Unknown
Description: Inspector Thomas Ryan raided 45 cafes and arrested as many people on charges of violating Volstead Act; part of 786 raids since new police commissioner Whalen took office.