White Night riots

Wann

Mai 1979

Art

Protest

Koordinaten

37.77° N, 122.42° W

Description

series of riots in San Francisco, California

Im Gebiet platziert, nicht an einem genauen Ort.

1979 riots in San Francisco, California, US

The White Night riots were a series of violent events sparked by an announcement of a lenient sentencing of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone, the mayor of San Francisco, and of Harvey Milk, a member of the city's Board of Supervisors who was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States. The events took place on the night of May 21, 1979, in San Francisco.

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