Baltimore Riots facts
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President Lyndon B. Johnson said of the 1968 Baltimore riots: "What did you expect? I don't know why we're so surprised. When you put your foot on a man's neck and hold him down for three hundred years, and then you let him up, what's he going to do? He's going to knock your block off."
how long did the baltimore riots last?
When Detroit rioted in 1967 the Tigers game was moved to Baltimore
What caused the baltimore riots 2015?
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what started the baltimore riots?
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The last time Baltimore rioted was in April 1968 in response to the death of MLK. 10,956 army and national guard troops were deployed.
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In April of 1861 there were riots in the city of Baltimore due to the city's sympathy towards the south and confederate cause. It marked the first deaths by violent conflict in the American Civil War.
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Baltimore is rioting because a large segment of the population has been disenfranchised (for generations)
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During the Baltimore riots this year, gang members directed looters away from black-owned businesses. "Instead, he said, they pointed the rioters toward Chinese- and Arab-owned stores."
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Homicides have nearly doubled in Baltimore city after the Freddie Gray riots in April 2015
