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gwheezie

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2. I was in Newark during the riot in 1967

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 12:37 AM

Apr 2015

It was very bad. People were killed. The arrest and beating of the cab driver smith was the catalyst after a long simmering rise of anger. It wasn't one thing.

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What violence in the wake of the King assassination can, and can’t, teach us about Baltimore today. [View all] Agschmid Apr 2015 OP

This part is what I fear for the people that live there. Egnever Apr 2015 #1

I was in Newark during the riot in 1967 gwheezie Apr 2015 #2