In Spite of All the Hate No Adult Teen or Child Looted That May Day in 1963

Barneyhill

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Many all the looters should sit down and look at how the young people in 1963 reacted to brutal racist reactions from policemen and firemen after all that cruel hatred no one looted no one burned no one sprayed vulgar on businesses or corporate buildings.

They were true American heroes. Sad their steadfast courage in the face of inhuman racism has been forgotten.
So sad.

 

They were heroes, indeed. But I have to say that back then, protesters were much more likely to have been killed on the spot for any perceived lawlessness. It was a very harsh time.
 
On the contrary, I remember the 1960's as a very dark and violent time. We had a race riot at my high school in Chicago in 1968.

The list from Wiki of urban riots in the 1960s:
Rochester 1964 race riot.
24–26 July 1964
Harlem riot of 1964. 16–22 July 1964, New York City, New York, provoked by the NYPDs shooting of black teenager James Powell.
Philadelphia 1964 race riot. 28–30 August 1964, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, Allegations of police brutality sparked the Columbia Avenue race riots.[6]
Watts Riots. 11 August 1965, Los Angeles, California, US, The McCone Commission investigated the riots finding that causes included poverty, inequality, racial discrimination and the passage, in November 1964, of Proposition 14 on the California ballot overturning the Rumford Fair Housing Act, which established equality of opportunity for black home buyers.[7]
Hough Riots. 18 July 1966, Cleveland, Ohio, US, The underlying causes of the riots may found in the social conditions that exist in the ghettos of Cleveland.[8]
Racial tension in Omaha, Nebraska. 5 July 1966, North Omaha, Nebraska, US, More than 500 black youth gathered to protest the absence of recreation programs and jobs storm a local business district, throwing rocks and bricks at Jewish-owned businesses in the area. The National Guard is called in after three days of random violence and organized raids.[9]
1967 Newark riots. 12 July 1967, Newark, New Jersey, US, Factors that contributed to the Newark Riot: police brutality, political exclusion of blacks from city government, urban renewal, inadequate housing, unemployment, poverty, and rapid change in the racial composition of neighborhoods.[10]
1967 Plainfield riots. 14 July 1967, Plainfield, New Jersey, US
12th Street riot. 23 July 1967, Detroit, Michigan, US, The origins of urban unrest in Detroit were rooted in a multitude of political, economic, and social factors including police abuse, lack of affordable housing, urban renewal projects, economic inequality, black militancy, and rapid demographic change.[11]
Minneapolis-Saint Paul. US, Fall 1967. Racial tensions boil over in North Minneapolis as whites continue to leave the decaying core of the inner city bound for the suburbs.
1968 Chicago, Illinois riots. 4 April 1968 Violence erupted in Chicago's black ghetto on the west side, eventually consuming a 28-block stretch of West Madison Street. Looting and arson took place primarily in the corridor between Roosevelt Road on the south and Chicago Avenue on the north.
1968 Washington, D.C. riots. 4 April 1968, Washington, D.C., US, A report from National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders identified discrimination and poverty as the root causes of the riots that erupted in cities around the nation during the late 1960s and in Washington, DC in April 1968[12]
Baltimore riot of 1968. 4 April 1968, Baltimore, Maryland, US
Glenville Shootout. 23 July 1968, Cleveland, Ohio, US, Shootout between black militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and Cleveland Police Department attracted large and hostile black crowds that caused a four-day riot
1969 North 24th Street Riots. 24 June 1969, North Omaha, Nebraska US, An Omaha police officer fatally shoots a teenager in the back of the head during a gathering of youth in local public housing projects. Many youth and adults from the local African American community gather in the local business district, routinely burning and otherwise destroying non-Black-owned businesses.[13]
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And let's not forget the most defining moment of using militia-style firearms against unarmed protesters (note: looters NOT included in the latter group; IMHO antifa members should be tossed in jail and locked up if they break the law):

May 4, 1970 - Kent State Anti-war protest culminates in 4 dead, 9 injured, including one left permanently paralyzed.
Kent State May1970 LR.jpg
 


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