1967 Tampa riots
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The 1967 Tampa riots were a series of race riots during June 1967 in Tampa, Florida, as one of 159 such riots in the United States that summer.
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Part of Long, hot summer of 1967 | |||
Date | June 11 – 15, 1967 | ||
Location | Tampa, Florida | ||
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Methods | Protests, rioting, arson, looting[1] | ||
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Governor of Florida Sheriff of Hillsborough County Mayor of Tampa | |||
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Death(s) | 1 | ||
Arrested | 100+ | ||
Damage | $2 million |
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The Tampa riots began after a 19-year-old black man named Martin Chambers, who was one of three people suspected of robbing a camera supply warehouse on 421 East Ellasme Street, was fatally shot by a white officer of the Tampa Police Department, Patrolman James Calvert. The riots began on the night of June 11 and ended on June 15, in the neighborhood that was then known as Central Park.