Hard Hat Riot

When

8 May 1970

Kind

Riot

Deaths

0

Coordinates

40.71° N, 74.01° W

Description

1970 protest

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1970 riot in New York, New York, United States

The Hard Hat Riot occurred in New York City on May 8, 1970, when around 400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970. The students were protesting the May 4 Kent State shootings and the Vietnam War, following the April 30 announcement by President Richard Nixon of the US invasion of neutral Cambodia.

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