Watts riots
1965 riots in Los Angeles, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion or Watts Uprising,[1] took place in the Watts neighborhood and its surrounding areas of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965.
Watts riots | |
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Part of the Ghetto riots | |
Date | August 11–16, 1965 |
Location | |
Goals | To end mistreatment by the police and to end discrimination in housing, employment, and schooling systems |
Methods | Widespread rioting, looting, assault, arson, protests, firefights, and property damage |
Casualties | |
Death(s) | 34 |
Injuries | 1,032 |
Arrested | 3,438 |
On August 11, 1965, Marquette Frye, a 21-year-old African-American man, was pulled over for drunken driving.[2][3][4] After he failed a field sobriety test, officers attempted to arrest him. Marquette resisted arrest, with assistance from his mother, Rena Frye; a physical confrontation ensued in which Marquette was struck in the face with a baton. Meanwhile, a crowd of onlookers had gathered.[2] Rumors spread that the police had kicked a pregnant woman who was present at the scene. Six days of civil unrest followed, motivated in part by allegations of police abuse.[3] Nearly 14,000 members of the California Army National Guard[5] helped suppress the disturbance, which resulted in 34 deaths,[6] as well as over $40 million in property damage.[7][8] It was the city's worst unrest until the Rodney King riots of 1992.