Liberty City / Miami Beach Riots Part 1

Liberty City / Miami Beach Riots Part 1

In 1980, the infamous Liberty City Riots broke out after an unpopular verdict in a 1979 case of white-on-black police brutality. The acquittal of five white police officers that beat a black motorist to death sparked the violence. By the time the rioting ceased the following morning, over 850 people had been arrested and 18 people lost their lives, including eight whites and ten blacks.

Police officers had pursued motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie in a high-speed chase. The officers claimed that the chase ended when McDuffie crashed his motorcycle and died. The coroner's report concluded otherwise. One of the officers testified that McDuffie fell off of his bike on a I-95 off ramp. When the police reached him he was injured but ok. The officers removed his helmet, beat him to death with their batons, put his helmet back on, and called an ambulance, claiming there had been a motorcycle accident. These actions were later admitted to by one of the officers while on trial. An all-white jury acquitted the officers after brief deliberation.

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• riots
• liberty
• city
• justice
• miami
• beach
• racial
• issues
• race
• america
• discrimination
• prejudice
• history

[emosdnah1]

fuck all yall white cuban an latino racist bitches we built this motherfuckin country for free bitch an we lazy yall aint runnin shit but yo mouths just shut the fuck up an look at history

[magnificona]

No power? There is a Black President now. No more excuses! No more blaming "Whitey!"

Get up off of your ass, Black and do it.

And if you dislike tear gas, then stay inside during the next riot, douchebag.

Last, Blacks are killing each other more than any other race or ethnic group out there. You cannot even protect yourselves in your communities because you refuse to cooperate with police, who are trying very hard to make your disgusting neighborhoods liveable.

You poor Blacks.

[hcgbk]

@pingaconsalsa RICK SCOTT GONNA SEND ALL YALL ASSES BACK WHEN HE DRAFTS HIS VERSION OF THE ARIZONA BILL

[RottenPeachState706]

@buvyfufi its called CUBA for a reason how bout' you think about returnin'

[noellennon]

Why are there so many racist comments on such a wonderful documentary?

[smebl0]

Notice how the blacks always have an excuse for their own actions. The Whites, Cubans, Koreans, Jews made us do it. Please, grow up or go back to Africa. Make your own country. In fact, the only reason blacks dont go back to Africa is that there is not one black country that is viable.

[bri343]

only if black people wouldve of kept that positive wanting to be something mentallity. now theyre just a bunch of wild monkeys looking for a handout

[teknaleji100]

@pingaconsalsa viva la revelotion! viva castro!

[djdoemoney]

what is funny is how white people look up these type of things just to talk bad about them.....looks like they have no lifes. I feel sorry for them. A bunch of lowlife pieces of shit.

[buvyfufi]

Cubans own Miami and if you don't like it get the fuck out........

[pingaconsalsa]

@MEDINAINMIAMI haha u niggas been here all this time and haven't done shit! cubans show up and they even ran out the white people!!!