Racism in America .. fire under the ashes

Violence on ethnic background in the United States have left hundreds dead and thousands wounded (Reuters)

It seems that the fire of racism still under the ashes in the United States, and does not require only a small spark, even hatred and hatred between whites and blacks out stock in a country gives lessons in democracy and freedom of opinion and change the peaceful nations of the world.

The announcement represented a spark to drop prosecutions against white police officer killed an unarmed black youths last summer, the explosion of violence in the state of Ferguson, and the fall of this incident in a long series of acts of violence on ethnic background.

The following are the most important since 1965:

11 to 17 August / August 1965: The Lutz-Los Angeles: police officers detain a young black company's automotive brands Frey, during the inspection process, followed by a fight with his relatives, Vandla rebellion in slums and Lutz in Los Angeles.

The transformation of the neighborhood's poor in the six-day war to the field Tgoppe National Guard patrols armed with machine guns. And imposed a curfew on the neighborhood and the death toll stood at 34 dead and many wounded, while 4,000 people were arrested and material losses exceeded $ 40 million.

July 12 to 17: Newark-New Jersey, a brawl between two policemen Obbin one hand and a black taxi driver, on the other hand, cause the outbreak of violence in the impoverished city of Newark. During the five days, the city witnessed looting and violence led to the fall of the 26 dead and 1,500 wounded.

July 23 to 28, 1967: Detroit-Michigan, riots erupted in Detroit after police intervention in the predominantly black street, and spread the Army National Guard, and resulted in clashes killed 43 people dead and more than 2000 wounded, and unrest spread to several states, including Illinois North Carolina, Tennessee and Maryland. During the year 1967 also, 83 people were killed in ethnic violence witnessed 128 City.

4 to 11 April / April 1968

Following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis (Tennessee) in the April 4 / April, violence broke out in 125 cities and killed at least 46 people dead and some 2,600 injured.

In Washington, two-thirds of the population of -hat Alsod- set several fires and looting spread, and the next day the violence spread to the city at a distance of 500 meters from the White House, the center of business districts.

He ordered President Lyndon B.. Johnson publish Battalion 82nd Airborne Division of the elite US Army, the army also intervened in several cities such as Chicago, Boston, Newark and Cincinnati.

17 to 20 May / May 1980: Liberty City-Miami: Three days of riots have left 18 dead and more than 400 injured in the black Bliberti City neighborhood of Miami, and violence erupted after the release of four white police officers persecuted, for beating to death a young black was riding a motorcycle, did not stop in front of a red light.

April / April 30-the first of May / May 1992: Los Angeles: the release of four white police officers beat a car driver in the March 3 / March 1991, sparking the city, and spread violence to San Francisco and Las Vegas, Atlanta and New York that killed 59 people and 2328 wounded.

April 9 / April 2001: Cincinnati-Ohio: white policeman kills a young black Timothy Thomas (19 years old) in a chase, and was followed by four days of violence, which wounded 70 people, and calm returned after the imposition of a state of emergency and curfew. Thomas, who is black was Oazl- fifteenth killed by police in Sinyinati since 1995.

9 to 19 August / August 2014: Ferguson-Missouri: policeman white kills a young black Michael Brown (18 years), sparking violent riots, ten-day between the black population and the security forces, which have been used assault rifles and armored vehicles, and opened two investigations Vdralian.

On November 24, 2014: Ferguson-Missouri, renewed riots in Ferguson following the announcement of the drop prosecutions against the policeman who fired.

Source: French