The toll: 18 dead, scores injured, hundreds arrested and $100 million in damage.
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| Miami News cartoon by Don Wright, May 20, 1980. |
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| May 20, 1980. |
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| Miami News, May 20, 1980. (Click here to enlarge.) |
Video below from WTVJ, May 17, 1980. (Starts at 1:55)
Monday, May 20, 2013
The way we were...The McDuffie Riots and the aftermath
From the Miami News, 33 years ago today: Miami cleans up after a weekend of deadly rioting - the deadliest in the city's history - following the acquittal of five Metro police officers who were standing trial in Tampa, charged with the beating death of black motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie.
The toll: 18 dead, scores injured, hundreds arrested and $100 million in damage.
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Video below from WTVJ, May 17, 1980. (Starts at 1:55)
The toll: 18 dead, scores injured, hundreds arrested and $100 million in damage.
Video below from WTVJ, May 17, 1980. (Starts at 1:55)
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Scrolling through that broadcast, two thoughts dominate:
ReplyDelete- Note the absolutely superior quality of the writing and delivery, and the journalistic excellence of the reporting, and then ask yourself: Could any local TV station in any U.S. city match that today?
- Mayer certainly had a lot of hair, back then. :)
Agree 100% about the superior quality of the journalistic excellence then. They don't talk in that odd poetic rime either like newscasters do today. Note: no commercial breaks that take up more time than the actual news delivered.
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