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1980 Miami riots
Part of Race riots in Miami
Date
May 17–20, 1980 (3 days)
Location
Dade County, Florida
Miami
West Coconut Grove
Brownsville
Liberty City
Overtown
Caused by
acquittal of officers who beat Arthur McDuffie to death
Methods
riots, looting, arson, sniping, murder
Parties
rioters
Florida Army National Guard
Dade County Public Safety Department
Lead figures
Governor Bob Graham
Mayor Maurice Ferré
Casualties
Death(s)
18
Injuries
350
Arrested
600
The 1980 Miami riots were race riots that occurred in Miami, Florida, starting in earnest on May 18, 1980,[1] following an all-White male jury acquitting four Dade County Public Safety Department officers in the death of Arthur McDuffie (December 3, 1946 – December 21, 1979), a Black insurance salesman and United States Marine Corps lance corporal. McDuffie was beaten to death by four police officers after a traffic stop. After the officers were tried and acquitted on charges including manslaughter and evidence tampering, a riot broke out in the Black neighborhoods of Overtown and Liberty City on the night of May 17. Riots continued until May 20, resulting in at least 18 deaths and an estimated $100 million in property damage.
In 1981 Dade County settled a civil lawsuit filed by McDuffie's family for $1.1 million. The 1980 Miami riots were the deadliest urban riots in a single city since the 1967 Detroit riot and remained such until the 1992 Los Angeles riots twelve years later.
^"McDuffie Riots: Eerie Scene From Miami Race Riot Of 1980". Huffington Post. May 29, 2013.
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