Clay Risen. In 1980 the Liberty City section of Miami erupted over the police killing of an unarmed African American man. The death toll from the violence stemming from Dr. King's assassination stood at a total of 14 tonight. George Christian, the White House press secretary, said the President had acted on the recommendation of Mayor Washington, the Mayor's public Negro Southeast Washington. Detroit riots the detroit race riot of 1943 broke out in detroit in june of that year and lasted for three days before federal troops regained control. In the second area hit, along Seventh Street N.W. It was the first time regular Army troops had been ordered into Washington for a civil disturbance since 1932, when cavalry under the late Gen. Douglas MacArthur drove hundreds of protesting bonus marchers from a squatters' encampment on the Anacostia A company of trained riot troops was billeted Also caught up in the unexpected disturbances were Washington's spring crush of thousands of tourists. The 1968 Kerner Commission Got It ... President Lyndon Johnson constituted the Kerner Commission to identify the genesis of the violent 1967 riots that killed 43 in Detroit … 1968. It was the opening of this new front that appeared to convince reluctant city officials The White House announced at 5 P.M. that because the President had determined that ``a condition of domestic violence and disorder'' existed, he had issued a proclamation and an Executive order mobilizing combat-equipped troops in Washington. today were described as apparently the result of accidents. W hen Detroit, filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow’s take on that city’s violent summer of 1967, arrives in movie theaters on Friday, 50 years will have passed since the events it … The police said that she was murdered by local pimps. There were fires as both stores. Two of today's deaths occurred there. Sanitation workers began shoveling up the shards of glass. The city was abandoned tonight. However, even smaller cities, such as Cambridge, Maryland, experienced unrest. The looting and fires continued More than 800 persons were arrested. Outside, other troops took station at the southeast gate. that the police could not continue the battle alone. The Government workers and other civilians were advised by the police and Federal authorities to go home at about 2:30 P.M., The two other Negro deaths Mr. Johnson signed the orders at 4:02 P.M., similar to those he signed in sending Army troops to Detroit last summer during rioting. Photos from the event and its aftermath can be seen in our image gallery, and an overview can be found in our vertical file. He demanded that businesses close for the night as a gesture of mourning for Dr. King. spreading disaster. Less than an hour after the 30-minute news conference ended, Carmichael was in the street with a following of 50 Negroes. 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