Part of the Opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam
Date
May 1971
Location
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Parties
Protesters
May Day tribe
Yippies
Other protesters
U.S. Park Police D.C. Metropolitan Police 82nd Airborne Division U.S. National Guard U.S. Marine Corps
Number
12,000 - 15,000
12,000 federal troops 5,100 local police 1,500 National Guardsmen
Casualties
Arrested
12,000
The 1971 May Day protests were a series of large-scale civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., in protest against the United States' participation in the Vietnam War. The protests began on Monday morning, May 3 and ended on May 5. Over 12,000 people were arrested, the largest mass arrest in U.S. history.[1]
Members of the Nixon administration would come to view the events as damaging because the government's response was perceived as violating citizens' civil rights.[2]
^Roberts, Lawrence (2020). Mayday 1971: A White House at War, a Revolt in the Streets, and the Untold History of America's Biggest Mass Arrest. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. xxiii. ISBN 978-1-328-76672-4.
^Dean, John W. (2016-12-20). Blind Ambition: The White House Years. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1-5040-4100-3.
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