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The 1980 Miami riots (also called the Arthur McDuffie riots) were race riots that occurred in Miami, Florida, starting in earnest on May 18, 1980, [1] following an all-White male jury acquitting five white Dade County Public Safety Department officers in the death of Arthur McDuffie (December 3, 1946 – December 21, 1979), a Black insurance salesman and United States Marine Corps lance corporal.
In 1989, former Miami mayor Maurice Ferré was interviewed for the documentary film Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965 to 1985; during the interview, he partially blamed the attitude instilled by Chief Headley for both the armed vigilantes and the police force's inability to suppress the McDuffie riots: "There's a ...
2.2 1980 Arthur McDuffie riots. 2.3 1982 Overtown riot. 2.4 1989 Miami riot. 3 Aftermath. ... After the accidental police shooting of a man in an Overtown video ...
A 27-year-old mother and her 1-year-old twin boys were killed in McDuffie County after a tree fell on their home. There have been 25 known fatalities in Georgia, Kemp reported, up from the 11 ...
The 1982 Overtown riot was a period of civil unrest in Miami, Florida, United States, from December 28 to 30, 1982.The riot was caused by the shooting death of an African American man in the city's Overtown neighborhood by a Latino police officer on December 28, leading to three days of disorder that resulted in one additional death, numerous injuries and arrests, and widespread property damage.
LANSING — An Ingham County jury convicted three people Monday, including one who recently attempted an escape, on various charges stemming from a summer 2023 shooting that injured a Lansing man ...
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McDuffie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,632. [1] The county seat is Thomson. [2] The county was created on October 18, 1870 [3] and named after the South Carolina governor and senator George McDuffie.