In 1965 riots in L.A. occurred after a routine stop by the police involving drunk driving. This stop occurred very close the driver’s residence where massive crowd began to build. When it was all said and done the driver and his passenger were arrested along with the driver’s mother and one other person. These arrests and confrontation with the police caused riots that would last for six days. These riots and drawn a heavy presence by the National Guard and resulted in 34 people killed, over 1,000 injured, 4000 arrested and hundreds of buildings were burned.3
An angry mob of 15,000 people used rocks, bricks and bottles as weapons against the established order of authority. An out of control crowd began lighting fires; in addition to causing destruction to law enforcement vehicles. Seized video recordings revealed people destroying stop signs, swaying cars, and smashing windows. The Ventura County Sheriff’s office, the Oxnard Police Department, and the Ventura office of the California Highway Patrol were among the local agencies that responded to the scene to provide assistance. It was stated by the Ventura County Star that, “things escalated after a University of California, Santa Barbara police officer was hit in the head with a b...
Since the media covered this riot people began seeing it more as discrimination and took is amongst themselves to fix the problem their way. It was easily perceived that the focus of this was on racial discrimination but let’s not forget it as well has to do with police force, which is known has police brutality. The angry rioters responded by dragging a white truck driver whose name is Reginald Denny into the streets and severely beaten. This was being broadcasted live on local television. This is when viewers saw that the police were unable to enforce the
This caused massive outrage among the workers and on Tuesday, September 9, the strike began with three-fourths of the force walking out. Realizing that the police force was gone, some of Boston's residents began to commit small crimes. This eventually escalated into massive riots that continued until 1:30 in the morning. The following day, the small fraction of the police force had much difficulty maintaining the order but by that night the National Guard was deployed and the violence slowly came to a stop over the following couple of days.
From the build-up of people outside the gate, to the disaster that ended in the
The causes to the LA riots had been stewing for decades but it was after the Rodney King trial that the people’s pent up frustration exploded. The black community of South Central LA had always faced a racist and corrupt police force. Police who would for no reason target, beat and arrests black men for little reason. It was unjust and yet no one did anything about, there was no solid evidence that could incriminate the force. Until the Rodney King beatings. Rodney Kings was a black male who was pulled over by the police one night, he got out of his car and according to police was “uncooperative”. After a few moments king made a move to, as he later stated, “grab his butt” and was immediately swarmed. Swarm was a police tactic that stated all men at the scene were to subdue the culprit with any means necessary, including violence. The beating of a black citizen to extreme point was not unheard of in LA but the situation was made critical once video footage of the beating was released to the news. The entire nation watched as a seemingly innocent man was brutally beaten for no reason. The black community believed this would finally be the evidence n...
Group leader’s early estimates of the number of participants proved to be very optimistic. Approximately 5,000 protesters had gathered in Lincoln Park by the Sunday evening before the convention was to begin. The first confrontations between demonstrators and law officials occurred following a peaceful afternoon march. The police, enforcing a ban on overnight camping in the park, randomly attacked protesters, bystanders, and media personnel, chasing them into the city’s Old town District. This pattern was repeated on August 28, following a legal rally in Grant Park, across from the Hilton Hotel, where a number of delegates were staying. The rally was attended by by S.D.S., Yippies, National Mobilization, and Open Convention protesters. In addition to a number of older, nonviolent demonstrators, including disillusioned McCarthy supporters. (Chicago Riots Mar the Democratic National
Detroit has seen violence and uprising in its history more than once, the 1943 riots and the notorious 1967 riots. On the 23rd of July 1967 the police raided one of many ‘blind pig’ after hours drinking bar on Twelfth Street, a routine operation that turned sour and where all the violence stemmed from. ‘At the conclusion of 5 days of rioting, 43 people lay dead, 1189 injured and over 7000 people had been arrested’ (Fine, 1989, p489). There have been different views as to why the riots develop and became so serious and as to whether blacks were acting maliciously or if the ‘riot’ was exacerbated by the authorities, and their lack of control. This essay will attempt to pick out the key arguments from scholars as to why the riots developed and who should take the brunt of the blame, as well as addressing any unanswered questions. The events that occurred in Detroit in the summer on 1967 clearly show and unnecessary escalation by authorities that did not favour the view of the black majority; however it also clear that the riots wouldn’t have physically happened without those original black rioters.
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...on on the root causes of the rioting--living conditions in the ghetto, inadequate schools, poor employment opportunities, [police misconduct and civil disobedience trends]--producing a flurry of activity" (Spilerman 635). These root causes had been flowing underground for decades beforehand. If more attention was paid to the warning signs, this "disaster waiting to happen" could have been avoided.