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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.
This is a list of films and miniseries that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from American production unless indicated otherwise.. True story films [1] gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with the production of films based on actual events that first aired on CBS, ABC, and NBC.
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.
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After the accidental police shooting of a man in an Overtown video arcade, a riot broke out in the neighborhood. Cars were burned, businesses were looted, and police were shot at. Ivey Kearson, director of the Overtown Jobs Program, said of the riot's cause "unemployment in the area is 50 percent or higher."
Prison film [98] Raising Arizona: Joel Coen: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson: United States: Crime comedy [99] Rampage: William Friedkin: Michael Biehn, Alex McArthur, Nicholas Campbell: United States [100] A Short Film About Killing: Krzysztof Kieślowski: Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz: Poland: Crime drama [101] The ...
In 1991, police discovered Jeffrey Dahmer had 84 polaroid photos depicting 17 murders he committed between 1978 to 1991. The act is shown in 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story' on Netflix.