What the records say
- When
- 6 Oct 1989
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 37.76° N, 122.44° W
- Description
- 1989 police riot in San Francisco
- Injured
- 14
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Castro Sweep
1989 police riot in San Francisco
The Castro Sweep was a police riot that occurred in the Castro District of San Francisco on the evening of October 6, 1989. The riot, by about 200 members of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), followed a protest held by ACT UP, a militant direct action group responding to the concerns of people with AIDS.
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