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Marquette was pulled over for drunk driving. Police officers were attempting to arrest him when someone struck him. Events quickly escilated, his mother shoved an officer, police ended up roughing up Marquette and arresting him.
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Word spreads that police roughed up Marquette, mobs form. Police attempt to arrest and restrain crowds, are attacked with rocks and bricks.
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Police and Community leaders meet to attempt to diffuse violence. This meeting fails, and violence escilates. Police call for the assistance of the National Guard
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The National Guard is ordered into the unstable region. 16,000 law enforcement officials are ordered into the watts neighborhood. Police and National Guard encourage and use deadly force, killing several people. Violence erupts on both sides, with the opposition smashing cars and throwing bricks and chunks of sidewalk, and the police responding with bullets. 75 people are injured.
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Burning and looting of the city continue, with many describing the neighborhood as a warzone. At this point 35,000 people are participation in the rioting, with around 16,000 members of the National Guard & Police participating.
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"But I have never heard the policeman talk like they did last night. I have never seen anything like this happen here."
-Overlmar Bradley, LA resident
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Rioting begins to subside, with looting and resistance beginning to slow down. Fires begin to be estinguished, and some areas of the neighborhood are completly pacified.
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The mayor and other officials began to research information about the causes of the riot. They discovered that much of the motives for the riot was due to poor living conditions, lack of schools, and high unemployment rates. The mayor did nothing to resolve the issues.
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Order is restored and resistance dies down completly. Once the riots are over 34 people have died, 1032 people have been injured, 3438 have been arrested, and 40 million dollars have been done in property damage. 977 buildings were looted, burned, or both.
