But, NO. Riots and Curfews are not NEW in America. It turns out the biggest recent major curfews was as a result of Rodney King riot in 1992 Los Angeles, when the cops who beat him were set free.
Then it goes as back as 1943 in New York. More than 70 years ago. A white cop killed an innocent black man.
Then, two years later, another curfew, World world II with Hitler. So while the Jews were being massacred by Hitler in Europe, Blacks were still being pistol knocked by White cops.
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New York Times article from August 4, 1943 said that Mayor LaGuardia announced the order to be inside by 10:30 p.m. after five people were killed in the chaos and 500 more were injured. Roads were closed and the sale of liquor was also banned in an effort to calm tensions in the city.
Just two years later, the entire nation would be put on curfew due to WWII."
I guess things never change. God bless the United States of America!
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Then it goes as back as 1943 in New York. More than 70 years ago. A white cop killed an innocent black man.
Then, two years later, another curfew, World world II with Hitler. So while the Jews were being massacred by Hitler in Europe, Blacks were still being pistol knocked by White cops.
"
New York Times article from August 4, 1943 said that Mayor LaGuardia announced the order to be inside by 10:30 p.m. after five people were killed in the chaos and 500 more were injured. Roads were closed and the sale of liquor was also banned in an effort to calm tensions in the city.
Just two years later, the entire nation would be put on curfew due to WWII."
I guess things never change. God bless the United States of America!
Historic curfews in Los Angeles and New York are the harshest in decades | CNN
In Los Angeles, the curfew is the harshest since the riots in 1992. On the east coast, New York City has enacted the strictest curfew since the race riots of 1943.
