Sacco+and+Venzetti


 * by Moussa Kesselly, Grade 6**

The story of Sacco and Venzetti is a story that is hidden from the public eye just like the massacre of the Native Americans. But just like that story, this one will be told. Sacco and Venzetti were two anarchists who were executed for armed robbery and murder. But shortly after they were killed the actual murderer confessed to the crime. The police arrested Sacco and Venzetti with no evidence or witnesses. People think they were arrested because they were part of an anarchist group that the police hated, but didn’t have any reasons to arrest members.

Sacco and Venzetti were two Italians. They lived in different parts of Italy. Sacco was a poor fish monger and Venzetti was a shoe maker who was also poor. They met on a ship going to America. Sacco was seventeen and Venzetti was in his thirties. When the got to America they both joined an anarchist group called the Galleanists. By the time they were prosecuted they were very important members of the group. They raised money for protests and riots.



Sacco and Venzetti were arrested six years before they were executed. They were arrested at a garage when they were ** picking up a car that was supposedly used in the robbery. They were holding three guns: one shotgun and two pistols. There had been two robberies, one in an unknown small town, and the other in Braintree, Massachusetts. They were arrested and were in prison for six years. They appealed but each time they failed horribly. **

The story of Sacco and Venzetti embarrassed the law system because two innocent men were killed. But even up to this day Sacco and Venzetti didn’t get a prope** r apology. Instead they are just kicked under the carpet and people pretend the story is not even there. The story is important because it proves that we don’t live in a fair society and the United States makes mistakes and hides it just as the U.S.S.R. did. **