1980 Miami riots

When

1980

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

25.77° N, 80.19° W

Description

period of civil unrest in Miami, Florida

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Period of civil unrest in Miami, Florida

The 1980 Miami riots were race riots that occurred in Miami, Florida, United States, starting in earnest on May 18, 1980, following an all-White male jury acquitting five white Dade County Public Safety Department officers in the death of Arthur McDuffie, a Black insurance salesman and United States Marine Corps lance corporal. McDuffie was beaten to death by four police officers after a traffic stop.

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