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1968 Chicago riots - One of the over 100 riots that erupted nationwide after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Most of the Chicago rioting occurred on the West Side and was the second deadliest (11 fatalities, versus 13 in the Washington D.C. riots) of the riots in the nation after King's death. 11 500 August 23–28, 1968 Political
Before the bus boycott, Jim Crow laws mandated the racial segregation of the Montgomery Bus Line. As a result of this segregation, African Americans were not hired as drivers, were forced to ride in the back of the bus, and were frequently ordered to surrender their seats to white people even though black passengers made up 75% of the bus system's riders. [2]
Overnight vandalism and looting of stores from August 26 to 27 reached a total of 76 property locations in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, including four businesses that were set on fire. [85] State and local officials arrested a total of 132 people during the unrest. [86]
The police officers and firefighter were responding to reports of a truck fire in Arlington Heights, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, around 4 p.m. Friday and assessing the scene ...
Police say the incident took place around 2:30 p.m. while the woman was riding a CTA bus near the 5100 block of South Maplewood Avenue. The group is accused of assaulting the woman and taking her ...
Arlington Heights Fire Department personnel “aggressively attacked and contained the fire,” before a heavy-duty wrecker arrived at 7:15 p.m. to remove the garbage truck, per the police.
Chicago is among 12 major cities that declared curfews in order to prevent looting and vandalism. [4] On May 31, Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to send the Illinois National Guard to Chicago for the first time in the 52 years since the 1968 riots in Chicago. [5] The economic damage caused by the disturbances exceeded ...
CHICAGO — People are arriving here now, too, by the busload. Hundreds of refugees, rejected by Texas and plopped on buses under the orders of Gov. Greg Abbott, have arrived in recent days in ...