Thursday, May 17, 2012

TIH: 1980, Liberty City Riots


May 17, 1980, riots broke out in the Liberty City and Overtown sections of Miami after the white police officers tried in state court for the death of black  motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie were acquitted.   One of the officers was later tried in federal court and acquitted. Only minor incidents of violence broke out after this acquittal.  The rioting scenario after a state court acquittal of white officers  would be repeated even more violently in 1992 with the Rodney King Riots.

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