1970 Memorial Park riot

When

24 Aug 1970

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

39.83° N, 98.58° W

Description

civil disturbance

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Civil disturbance

The 1970 Memorial Park riot was a civil disturbance by alienated white youths that began in Royal Oak, Michigan, on August 24, 1970, and spread to Birmingham, Michigan, both primarily white middle class suburbs of Detroit. The initial conflict resulted from the closure by police of Memorial Park in Royal Oak. Authorities said that the park was being used as a marketplace for the sale of illegal drugs.

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