This is a chapter in Baltimore’s history that will never be forgotten. Events that caused outrage and debate throughout the United States, and sparked the first major rioting in Baltimore that the City hasn’t seen in decades. The streets of Baltimore were flooded in protest from April 18, 2015 to May 3, 2015. Many people were angered over the death of Michael Brown and many other incidents involving racial profiling in law enforcement cases, with many of the officers not receiving proper punishment Before the protests, many of the Baltimore’s 620,000 citizens were already angry with the rising debate over police force and brutality. Following the death of Freddie Gray, An unarmed black man who was arrested and then transported in a police …show more content…
van, which was supposedly driving very recklessly, and caused the young man to die within a week after being taken into custody following his coma. The death of Freddie Gray created waves of criticism throughout the country, many people taking their frustrations out on social media, with thousands of people on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook lashing out on the Baltimore Police Department. There were also people that were skeptical and argued over the lack of evidence to prove any wrong-doing. This left many people mad and in anger over his death. What they did next would change the City of Baltimore forever. On April 27, Freddie Gray’s funeral ended very emotionally for many of the families in attendance.
It was also a very emotional day on the internet with many media networks reporting on his Funeral. A few hours later, the protests commenced when a group of high schoolers from the nearby Frederick Douglass High School got into a tangle with Police Officers after they denied access to their transportation (Mondawmin Mall Transportation Hub).The upset teenagers took to the streets to protest. Over the next half an hour, a significant amount of more people joined, causing many news anchors to film the protest. At around 4:30, They arrived at a CVS store. The protesters then proceeded to start looting the convenience store, taking everything from medicine to food to toys. Then the protest took a violent turn when the looters started to set the store ablaze. The store went up in thick smoke, but because of the size, and aggression of the group, the Fire Department could not reach the store in …show more content…
time. The group continued to march down the West Baltimore streets, looting any store in their path, taking anything they could get.
A trail of destruction was the only thing they left behind. The whole nation watched as the protesters set fire to cars, buses and even a stealing a UPS truck. What shocked the nation even more, as they got more details as the rioting went on, was the fact that many notorious street gangs were fighting alongside many of their nemesis’ and rivals. They rampaged on through the evening, setting buildings and objects ablaze and destroying. The police attempted to intervene the rioting, but many police cars ended up getting torched and damaged and an officer even suffered broken bones, causing the Baltimore Police Department to retreat their responding officers. The riots dissolved later into the night. Although the riots ended, the national guard was employed in Baltimore the next morning, as an initial reaction to the state of emergency. The riots left baltimore in a mess. Media shows many citizens of West Baltimore cleaning up their businesses and streets following the riots. The community of West Baltimore was all seen working together to clean debris, which caught the attention of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, who commended the community for their help with the
cleaning. Many people took a lot from these events, which really took a turn in the battle against police brutality. It was also an on-going brush-up on the reality for many citizens who live in low-income areas and their predicament. The aftermath of this event, sparked rallies nationwide, from New York City to Los Angeles, people of all races and backgrounds showing support in the following weeks to come. Although many people were injured and almost 500 arrested, the riots stand as a statement for change, not just in Baltimore, but change in every city in the world.
The activating occasion of the Los Angeles riots occurred one spring evening when Rodney King was driving, neglectfully and inebriated, on the Foothill Freeway. At the point when two officers timed King speeding, and started to seek after him, a fast auto pursue followed. Rodney King was on parole, and was concerned a speeding ticket, joined with his blood liquor level, would cost him his opportunity. When King was at long last cornered, numerous squad cars were included. After one officer let go two tasers into King, King professedly opposed capture and four cops started utilizing their rod to beat King into accommodation. The battle that took after included a severe beating, more than 50 hits from the cudgel, kicks from the
On May 4th 1970, when rallies surfaced again in the commons area, tear gas was used to disperse the crowd. The conflict between students and the National Guard had begun to expand, and the cursing and rock throwing were increasing the tension in the air. The Guard ordered the students to retreat and as the crowds began to break up, it appeared the Guard was also retreating. Then shots were heard. The Guard for reasons unknown had to turn back and open fire at a crowd of students. Within thirteen seconds, four students were dead and nine wounded. One student who was killed was Allison Krause, who had been the only one of the four killed that was actually involved in the demonstrations.
... lesson. It leaves us a precedent of how to handle unruly inmates and to satisfy their reasonable needs. From this riot we can learn ways to avoid another uprising. We need to understand as a society that there is a necessary fear that this could happen again and happen anywhere and we know how to handle such a situation and how to prevent another one.
Once called the Public Housing capital in the United States, Newark was receiving more money than any other city from the federal government to clear slums and build public housing complexes. People like Louis Danzig who was the head of the Newark Housing Authority (NHA) used the federal funds the city received to destroy low income housing of minorities in Newark, then build public housing on the outskirts of the city putting all the poor minorities in these areas. The police brutalized the cities African-American citizens numerous times with no repercussions. The city was being segregated and African-American Newark residents started to feel more and more marginalized. In 1967 things finally came to ahead as an African-American cab driver was arrested and beat badly by the Newark Police Department and when rumor spread that he had died in police custody. Though the cab driver was in fact brought to the hospital, a group gathered out in front of the police station and started throwing bricks and other objects at the police station. The riot went on for six days and has shaped the image of Newark to this day the riots have given the city a negative appearance that still lingers.
One of the most highlighted points I think that Tuttle makes throughout the book is the role of the police. You can apply their actions to all of the riots. They definitely played an important role in these riots. All throughout the book, they were instigators. They made false reports of...
Even though many of the protesters were severely beaten, they still stood their stance and got the message out. What is a Riot? According to Encyclopedia.gov a riot “is a social occasion involving relatively spontaneous collective violence directed at property, persons, or authority.” There are five main
America had experienced many riots prior to the Tulsa Race Riots, but the ones in Tulsa were definitely the bloodiest and most horrific (Hirsch 1). Many events led to the riots, but what truly started the madness would be the incident that occurred on Monday, May
...series of meeting set up by, U.S. Attorney David M. Satz. According to police the riots took 26 lives, 24 of them were African American. The two white victims were a police detective, who was reportedly shot by a sniper, and a fireman, who was killed by gunfire while responding to an alarm on Central Avenue. Eighteen of the 26 people killed during the riot were shot by police or National Guard troops. Several people, like Eloise Spellman, and Elizabeth Artis, were fatally wounded in their own homes by a combination of National Guard/Police bullets aimed at suspected snipers. According to New Jersey state police reported 725 injuries (according to Newark City Hospital over 1000), 1500 arrest, and $10 million in property damage. After the riots Newark tried to encourage racial equality. However, today, housing, employment, and education are remaining huge problems.
This incident would have produced nothing more than another report for resisting arrest had a bystander, George Holliday, not videotaped the altercation. Holliday then released the footage to the media. LAPD Officers Lawrence Powell, Stacey Koon, Timothy Wind and Theodore Brisino were indicted and charged with assaulting King. Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg ordered a change of venue to suburban Simi Valley, which is a predominantly white suburb of Los Angeles. All officers were subsequently acquitted by a jury comprised of 10 whites, one Hispanic and one Asian, and the African American community responded in a manner far worse than the Watts Riots of 1965. ?While the King beating was tragic, it was just the trigger that released the rage of a community in economic strife and a police department in serious dec...
The Chicago riot was the most serious of the multiple that happened during the Progressive Era. The riot started on July 27th after a seventeen year old African American, Eugene Williams, did not know what he was doing and obliviously crossed the boundary of a city beach. Consequently, a white man on the beach began stoning him. Williams, exhausted, could not get himself out of the water and eventually drowned. The police officer at the scene refused to listen to eyewitness accounts and restrained from arresting the white man. With this in mind, African Americans attacked the police officer. As word spread of the violence, and the accounts distorted themselves, almost all areas in the city, black and white neighborhoods, became informed. By Monday morning, everyone went to work and went about their business as usual, but on their way home, African Americans were pulled from trolleys and beaten, stabbed, and shot by white “ruffians”. Whites raided the black neighborhoods and shot people from their cars randomly, as well as threw rocks at their windows. In retaliation, African Americans mounted sniper ambushes and physically fought back. Despite the call to the Illinois militia to help the Chicago police on the fourth day, the rioting did not subside until the sixth day. Even then, thirty eight
The Tulsa race riot changed the course of American history by actively expressing African American views on white supremacy. Certainly I feel with the available facts in this research paper, that the whites were the aggressors for the events leading up to the Tulsa race riot and the start of the Tulsa race riot. African Americans were simply there to stand up against the white supremacy and to provide the African Americans Tulsa their freedom and equal justice.
...te police officers of charges stemming from the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King. As a result of this verdict, thousands of citizens rioted for six days. Mass amounts of looting, murder, arson and assault took place.” Riots are one of the most common forms of mob mentality and are shown in this book several times.
While the L.A. riots were far larger, and the effects are still being felt, I still feel that the Watts riots had more of an impact. I had known about the riots previously, as I had been interested and looked into it on my own, but I had not looked into the economic at the time. Seeing that there were not any real economic effects from the riot, and in-fact some things may have gotten even worse, changes how I think of riots reported on in the media. Although there has been little in empirical studies done on the impact of the Watts riots, which is odd due to their importance in recent American history, especially now, it is clear that the riots started a trend of misguided racial tension that continues to this day, one that has prolonged the suffering and disenfranchisement of Blacks in the United States. While I do not believe another riot is the answer, researching this riot has shown me that while the riots can be considered important, the reality is that their effects on society are quite minimal, and only the political discussion of the riots is what has lasted to today. The failure of any real reform since then of the treatment of Blacks in general, let alone in the criminal justice world, shows to me a real lack of justice in the United
African Americans throughout the nation watched on social media as police responded to the initial peaceful protests with armored vehicles, riot gear, and the threat rubber bullets, dogs, and guns. These vicarious police experiences impacted them as though they had been confronted with the same treatment, spurring a national outcry against police brutality and the frequent police shootings of unarmed African American men. As social media spread awareness, national and international news organizations began reporting on the events in Ferguson, displaying images of protestors being treated as enemy combatants by police. The images and videos emerging led to an influx of support from many seemingly-unrelated groups who chose to stand in solidarity with the protestors. International media and Amnesty International scrutinized police actions while celebrities and individuals associated with many other oppressed and disadvantaged groups flocked to the region to join in the protest. As in the Civil Rights Movement, images of protestors confronting lines of police in riot gear and being teargassed focused the world on injustices faced by African Americans and forced the nation to take
There were several causes which led to this riot and the immediate cause was racial tension. Racism tends to persist most readily when there are obvious physical differences among groups e.g. “Black” and “white” differences. This no doubt results in attempts to limit economic opportunities, to preserve status, to deny equal protection under law and to maintain cheap labor. Discrimination was represented ...