The rumor spread quickly: A man had been beaten to death by police. For blacks — frustrated by high unemployment, inadequate schools, substandard housing — yet another abuse by police was too much to bear, and they erupted. There were no shouts that black lives mattered. This was Newark in 1967,…
Source: Morningcall
Newark riots recall an era echoed by Black Lives Matter
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