Tampa Riots
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The city of Tampa, Florida
, has experienced five instances of rioting.
State Attorney Paul Antinori ruled the shooting was justifiable. A 1990 investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement also found the shooting justifiable. The case was re-opened in 2007 under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act
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concert at Tampa Stadium was interrupted after 3 songs due to a large thunderstorm. A riot broke out between police & several thousand of the estimated 70,000 fans. There were dozens of injuries & a number of arrests. The make up concert scheduled for the next day was canceled by city officials.
The incident started the night after the death of mentally-handicapped black man, Melvin Eugene Hair. He died after police used a carotid neck-hold on him. Less than 24 hours later, the attorney's office released a report clearing police of racism in the December 1986 arrest of baseball star Dwight Gooden
. The incidents sparked three nights of rioting.
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
, has experienced five instances of rioting.
Tampa Riots of 1967
On June 11, 1967, 19 year old Martin Chambers was suspected of robbing a camera store. Chambers ran from police near Nebraska and Harrison Streets and was shot in the back and died. Several days of riots around Central Avenue followed.State Attorney Paul Antinori ruled the shooting was justifiable. A 1990 investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement also found the shooting justifiable. The case was re-opened in 2007 under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act
Emmett Till
Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till was an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. Till was from Chicago, Illinois visiting his relatives in the Mississippi Delta region when he spoke to 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant, the married...
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Led Zeppelin concert 1977
On June 3, 1977 a Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
concert at Tampa Stadium was interrupted after 3 songs due to a large thunderstorm. A riot broke out between police & several thousand of the estimated 70,000 fans. There were dozens of injuries & a number of arrests. The make up concert scheduled for the next day was canceled by city officials.
Tampa Riots of 1987
On February 20, 1987, a group of 200 to 400 began rioting after starting a fire in a dumpster at the intersection of 22nd Street and Lake Avenue in the College Hill community in East Tampa.The incident started the night after the death of mentally-handicapped black man, Melvin Eugene Hair. He died after police used a carotid neck-hold on him. Less than 24 hours later, the attorney's office released a report clearing police of racism in the December 1986 arrest of baseball star Dwight Gooden
Dwight Gooden
Dwight Eugene Gooden , nicknamed "Doc Gooden" or "Dr. K", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in the National League in the middle and late 1980s.-Career:...
. The incidents sparked three nights of rioting.
Tampa Riots of 1989
Drug dealer Edgar Allen Price was arrested on February 1, 1989. Price scuffled with police, and later died. Word of his death spread in the College Hill community, leading to several nights of violence including the burning down of a local supermarket. The lack of fire stations in the area helped exacerbate the damage. Black residents believed he was beaten to death by police, but an investigation revealed that he died from asphyxiation after having his hands and legs cuffed and placed face down in the back of a police cruiser, possibly being deliberately asphyxiated by his captors.Tampa Riots of 1992
Parallel rioting occurred in a variety of cities around the US in conjunction with the LA riots over the Rodney King findings; Tampa had rioting centered around 22nd street between E Lake and E Frierson Avenues, including burning of at least one vehicle and both direct and indirect attacks on passing traffic in this area including news anchor Sheryl Brown. Although there was no local news coverage of the events at the time, the events were covered on various European television news shows.External links
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