List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States
November 11, 2023
This article is about incidents of civil unrest, rioting, violent labor disputes, or minor insurrections or revolts in the United States. For incidents occurring before the Declaration of Independence, see List of incidents of civil unrest in Colonial North America.
Listed are major episodes of civil unrest in the United States. This list does not include the numerous incidents of destruction and violence associated with various sporting events.[1]
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2018)
1838 – Burning of Pennsylvania Hall; a lecture hall built with the intention of debating abolition, women's rights, and other reforms is burned down only 4 days after opening.
1861 – Camp Jackson Affair, May 10, Union forces clash with Confederate sympathizers on the streets of St. Louis, 28 dead, 100 injured., St. Louis, Missouri
1862 – Brooklyn Riot of 1862 occurred August 4 between the New York Metropolitan Police against a white mob attacking African American strike-breakers at a Tobacco Factory[4]
1886 – Bay View Massacre, May 4; 1400 workers march for eight hour work day; 7 killed and several more wounded after confrontation with National Guard. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1887 – Reservoir war, April 25; a minor insurrection against the State of Ohio to destroy a canal feeder reservoir and other canal infrastructure. Antwerp, Ohio
1887 – Thibodaux Massacre, November 22–25; a racial attack mounted by white paramilitary groups in Thibodaux, Louisiana in November 1887 Thibodaux, Louisiana
1935 – Harlem Riot, March 19–20, New York City; first "modern" race riot due to attacks turning from against people to against property
1935 – Southern Tenant Farmers' Union Riot, Arkansas
1935 – Terre Haute General Strike, July 22–23, A labor dispute between an enameling company and a labor union led to a two-day general strike. Indiana National Guard was called out and martial law was declared by the Governor. The city was under a state of martial law for six months. It was the third general strike in U.S. History. Terre Haute, Indiana
1964 – The July 16 killing of James Powell by police in the Yorkville neighborhood just south of East Harlem precipitates a string of race riots in July and August, including:
1964 – Jersey City Riot, August 3–5, A disorderly conduct arrest set off accusations of police brutality and were followed by protests and riots.[14] At least two residents were shot and several police and rioters were injured,[15]Jersey City, NJ
1966 – 1966 New York City riots, July 14–20, New York City, New York, A riot broke out following a dispute between white and black youths. One person was killed and 53 injured. There were three arson incidents and 82 arrests.[16]
1966 – Perth Amboy riots, August 2–5, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a riot broke out following the arrest of a Hispanic man for loitering. Hispanic residents also disliked being treated negatively by the police and being ignored by the community. 26 injuries were reported (15 from law enforcement officers and 11 from civilians) and 43 arrests were made. Interference with firefighters occurred.[16][17]
1967 – 1967 Clearwater riot, June 3[19] or 4,[21] Clearwater, Florida, a riot started after a white police officer tried to assist an African-American officer break up a fight between two African-American men.[21]
1967 – 1967 Philadelphia riot, June 11, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, began after a dispute involving a rug. Bottle and brick throwing were reported in an African-American neighborhood and 4 police officers were injured.[21]
1967 – 1967 Maywood riots, June 14, Maywood, Illinois, riots began after young African-American men and women demanded a swimming pool in the historically neglected neighborhood.[19]
1967 – 1967 Waterloo riots, July 8–9, Waterloo, Iowa, riots started after a young African-American man was arrested for assault and battery of an elderly white man sweeping the sidewalk in front of his business.[23]
1967 – 1967 Kansas City riot, July 9, Kansas City, Missouri, 1 person was injured and 11 arrested.[19]
1967 – 1967 Fresno riot, July 15–17, Fresno, California, riots were sparked after the loss of a local youth job program used extensively by African-American and Latino youths. 2 people were injured, 27 arrested and 46 cases of arson were reported.[16][24]
1967 – 1967 New Brunswick riots, July 17–18, New Brunswick, New Jersey, riots began after a group of roughly 200 African-American teenagers protested against unfair treatment in local public schools, unemployment, the closing of a social club and long-term police brutality. Protesters looted stores in the city's business district, specifically targeting those considered to treat black customers unfairly. By 2 AM 32 adults and 18 juveniles, all of them black, had been arrested for looting, possession of stolen property, carrying weapons, and loitering. In response, Mayor Patricia Sheehan declared a 10 PM curfew. On June 18, a crowd of 200 people gathered where 75 heavily armed police officers were barricading a route to the downtown business district. The protesters promised to disperse once the police were removed, and they did.[25]
1967 – 1967 Wadesboro riot, July 22, Wadesboro, North Carolina, after a black person was shot and run over by a car, local black residents went on a rock throwing spree.[19]
1967 – 1967 Birmingham riot, July 23, Birmingham, Alabama, 11 people were injured and over 70 arrested with the National Guard being called in to assist the police.[19]
1967 – 1967 Rochester riots, July 23–24, Rochester, New York a riot began following police shutting down a drag race. 1 person was killed, 9 injured, 146 arson cases reported and 69 people arrested. The New York State Police and the National Guard would be called up.[19][16]
1967 – 1967 Lima riots, July 23–26, Lima, Ohio riots began following the killing of a white man by a black man. Two cases of arson were reported and 23 arrests made.[16]
1967 – 1967 Grand Rapids riot, July 25–27, Grand Rapids, Michigan, a riot began following the Grand Rapids Police raiding and shutting down an illegal bar. As the patrons stood on the street police attempted to arrest a young man for stealing a car. The young man had a broken arm in a cast and the onlookers accused the police of brutality in the arrest. The next night rioters began using Molotov cocktails to burn down businesses and houses. White vigilantes took to the streets to counter the protesters. Gov. George Romney ordered the National Guard to intervene. By the end of the protests there were 44 injuries, no deaths and 30 arrests.[28][16]
1967 – 1967 Albany riot, Albany, New York, July 27–28, riots began in response to a rumor of two deaths at the hands of the police. 41 people were arrested and there were 3 arson cases.[16]
1967 – 1967 Wilmington riots, July 28–30, Wilmington, Delaware, 13 were injured, 14 arson cases and 325 arrests were reported during the riots.[16]
1967 – 1967 Rockford riots, July 29–30, Rockford, Illinois, 11 people injured and 44 arrested.[19]
1967 – 1967 Providence riots, July 31 – August 1, 23 people were injured and 14 arrests were made.[19]
1967 – 1967 New Haven riots, August 19–23, a riot began following a white restaurant owner shooting at a Puerto Rican man who had come at him with a knife. Over 200 Connecticut State Troopers would be called in to assist the city's police department that had 430 officers. 3 people were injured, 679 arrested and 90 cases of arson reported.[29]
1968 – 1968 Paterson riots, July 2–7, Paterson, New Jersey riots began following rumors a man was killed by the police while being arrested. 150 people were arrested and 86 cases of arson reported.[16]
1968 – 1968 Coney Islands Riots, July 19–22, Coney Island, New York City, New York, the cause of the riots are unclear. Five police officers were injured and eight people were arrested by the police in a neighborhood that was predominantly black and Puerto Rican.[33][34]
1968 – 1968 Richmond riots. July 25–30, Richmond, California riots broke out after a 15-year-old black male suspect in a car robbery was shot by police. 17 arson cases were reported and 564 people arrested.[16][35]
1970 – University of Puerto Rico riot, March 4–11, at least one killed, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
1970 – Coachella Riots, April 5, Coachella, California, started after a Brown Beret member disrupted a dance by getting on the stage and calling for "action." Three people were arrested, four police officers injured and the mayor's house was burned down.[33][36]
1971 – Albuquerque riots, June 13–15, Albuquerque, New Mexico the arrest of several Chicano teens for underage drinking at Albuquerque's Roosevelt Park set off 30 hours of violence. Police fired their guns in the air and tossed tear gas but the angry crowd overturned police cars, started fires and smashed windows, forcing officers to flee. Some 600 people were arrested, dozens injured and the area and nearby buildings damaged.[37][38]
1971 – Santa Fe Fiestas riot, September 7, 1971, Santa Fe, New Mexico, civil disturbances and vandalism during annual Fiestas event. Police fired tear gas into crowd. 100 National Guardsman were called to protect buildings and keep order.[40] 23 people were arrested.[41]
1972 – Gainesville riots, May 12, 1972, Gainesville, Florida, anti-war protesters and police clashed for several hours. 174 people were arrested and 24 injured.[44]
1972 – 1972 Boston riots, July 1972, Boston, Massachusetts[45]
1979 – Levittown Gas Riot, June 23–24, Thousands rioted in response to increased gasoline prices in the U.S., 198 arrested, 44 police and 200 rioters injured. Gas stations were damaged and cars set on fire, Levittown, Pennsylvania
1989 – 1989 Miami riot, January 16–18, four days of rioting in the Overtown neighborhood began after a police officer shot a man driving a motorcycle who was fleeing another officer. He crashed and his passenger was also killed. Miami, Florida
1989 – 1989 Tampa riot, February 1, Tampa, Florida a riot began following the death of an African American man while in police custody.
The disturbance lasted for an hour with 150 youths participating. A grocery store was looted and set on fire. Four police officers, including one involved in the initial arrest, were injured.[47][48]
1990–1999edit
1990 – 1990 Wynwood riots, December 3, 1990, Miami, Florida, Started after the acquittal of police officers who had beaten a drug dealer named Leonardo Mercado to death in December 1988.[49]
2010 – Oakland protest riot, November 5, protesting sentence of former BART officer in shooting of Oscar Grant on New Years Day 2009; see BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant. Oakland, California
2011 – Madison Occupation. Protestors storm and occupy the Wisconsin state capitol building for 18 days.
2019 – Memphis riot, June 13, following the fatal shooting of Brandon Webber by U.S. Marshals, Memphis, TN.
2020–2023edit
2020 – New York City FTP protests, January 31, Anti-Transit Police and MTA protest resulting in hundreds of arrests over the three separate days of demonstration. Vandalism and violence on train stations were reported.
2020 – University of Dayton closure riot, March 11, A riot broke out following the university's announcement of a temporary closure due to COVID-19.[51]
2020 – Protesters surround a police precinct in Minneapolis during the George Floyd protests, part of a larger wave of civil unrest in 2020 and 2021.George Floyd protests, May 26 – Following the murder of George Floyd, protests and civil unrest against police brutality and systemic racism began in Minneapolis and quickly spread across the United States and the world, on a scale unseen since the unrest of the summers of 1967 and 1968. Derek Chauvin, the policeman who held his knee on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes, was soon fired along with the three other officers involved. Later, Chauvin was arrested and charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter; after being taken into custody and released on bail in October 2020, Chauvin was found guilty on all charges in April 2021[52] and sentenced to 22 years and 6 months in prison in June 2021.[53] The other three policemen were convicted of federal civil rights violations in February of 2022.[54] Widespread protests and riots spread to other American cities and then to other countries, with Floyd's murder garnering condemnation.[55] Protest tactics included peaceful occupation and resistance, but was overshadowed by widespread looting and damage of private and public properties. In the Seattle neighborhood of Capitol Hill, an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone was established on June 8, 2020, covering six city blocks and a park after the Seattle Police Department left their East Precinct building. The area was cleared of occupants by police on July 1, 2020. May 29 began national days of protests in every state; some of which lasted throughout the summer of 2020.[56]
2020 – Kenosha unrest, August 23–28, On August 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Jacob Blake was shot in the back by a police officer while not complying with their attempt to arrest him. Protests and rioting occurred after the incident. A State of Emergency was declared, and police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. During several days of rioting, government buildings were damaged, businesses were looted and set on fire, and vehicles were firebombed, including 100 cars burned at a car dealership. On the third day of unrest an armed teenager shot three rioters, whom one was also armed, wounding one and killing two. By August 28, almost 1000 Wisconsin National Guard troops were on the streets, backed by National Guard troops from Michigan, Alabama and Arizona. Nearly 100 buildings were damaged with the cost of damage to City property close to $2 million and the cost to private property damaged near $50 million.
2020 – Minneapolis false rumors riot, August 26–28, On August 26, a false rumor that police shot a man in Minneapolis started riots that set four buildings on fire and damaged 72 others.
2020 – Jewish Protest, October 7–8, In Brooklyn, New York, members of the Orthodox Jewish community protested over new COVID-19 restrictions. Minor fires were set, masks were burned, and journalist Jacob Kornbluh was attacked. Heshy Tischler was taken into custody for inciting a riot.[57]
2020 – 2020–21 United States election protests, November 3 – March 2021, Several demonstrations were held during and after the 2020 presidential election. Clashes between pro-Trump supporters and counterprotesters occurred on multiple nights, including November 14 and December 12. On the night of December 12, there were multiple stabbings and over 23 people were arrested.
2021 – United States Capitol attack, January 6, After months of unsuccessful attempts by President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, asserting voter fraud occurred and unsuccessfully attempting to pressure state election officials to alter the election results in his favor, a large group of pro-Trump supporters, allegedly called to action by Trump,[58] entered the United States Capitol in an attempt to prevent the certification of Joe Biden's election victory. The Capitol was vandalized, including doors, windows, and offices, forcing members of Congress and Vice President Mike Pence to evacuate. One death occurred as a direct result of the unrest, and several additional deaths were reported subsequently, but determined to be due to unrelated or natural causes.[59] Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran from Southern California, was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer as she attempted to enter through a broken window leading to the Speaker's Lobby inside the Capitol. During a rush of protestors attempting to fight their way through the police line, Rosanne Boyland was unintentionally crushed and killed. While originally believed to have been a victim of blunt force trauma or chemical spray during altercations between protestors and police, officer Brian Sicknick also died shortly after the violence from a stroke. Nearly 140 police officers were injured.[60] In the aftermath of the unrest, which received widespread domestic and international condemnation, the Chief of the Capitol Police resigned under pressure and President Trump was impeached a second time under accusation of incitement of insurrection.[61][62] His subsequent trial in February 2021 ultimately resulted in an acquittal by the Senate, making Trump the first to be tried as a former president and to be impeached and acquitted twice.[63]
2021 – Daunte Wright protests, April 11 – February 18, 2022, On April 11, police officer Kim Potter fatally shot 20-year-old African-American man Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, near where former police officer Derek Chauvin was standing trial for the murder of George Floyd.[64] Protests demanding justice for Wright were met with force by law enforcement, who used tear gas, canisters, and other methods to disperse protesters. Several demonstrations escalated into riots with property damage, looting, and violent clashes between protesters and police. On April 14, shortly after she resigned from the police force, Potter was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter.[65] In response to the unrest, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared a State of Emergency and imposed a citywide curfew amid mass arrests.
2021 – May 9 – June 2021, amid the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, the United States saw a rise in antisemitism and violence against Jews, as both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters took to the streets of major U.S. cities.[66] On May 20, in Midtown Manhattan, pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters both took to the streets; the two groups collided and fights broke out. At least 26 people were arrested during the protests on various charges, including obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest, unlawful assembly, disorderly conduct, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to police. During the violence, anti-semitic attackers beat a Jewish man.[67] Also on May 20 in Bal Harbour, Florida, an SUV carrying four supporters of Palestine drove by a synagogue and threw garbage at a Jewish family. A nearby driver, armed with a gun, witnessed the incident and jumped to the family's defense, chasing the men away. In a separate incident, a man in Miami drove a van painted with Nazi symbols past a pro-Israel demonstration and shouted antisemitic slurs; the man was subsequently arrested and later released.[68]
2021 – Winston Boogie Smith riots, June 3–7, On June 3, at about 2:10 P.M at a parking garage on Lake Street between Fremont and Hennepin Avenues in the Upton district of Minneapolis, a 32-year-old African-American man named Winston Boogie Smith was killed by Hennepin County and Ramsey County Sheriff's Departments deputies who were assisting the US Marshals Service in arresting him. The US Marshals Service stated their reason for arresting him was because he had failed to appear in court on May 19 after being arrested for firearms possession. There is no known video footage of the incident occurring. Both a Ramsey and a Hennepin county deputy were later placed on administrative leave. A crowd gathered after the incident occurred waiting to hear more information pertaining to the incident. During that night a handful of businesses were looted and vandalized. 9 arrests were reported to have been made.[69] On June 13, an SUV drove into a parked car that was shielding protesters and the car was pushed into a crowd, leading to the death of one person and injuring 3 others.[70] On July 8, 2021, a video link was posted on Twitter showing a driver in the Uptown area of Minneapolis "Firing a gun into the air while doing burnouts".[71][72]
2021-2023 – Stop Cop City, Due to an increase of crime and a lack of police morale from the 2020–2022 United States racial unrest in the city of Atlanta, a training facility was proposed to be built in order to address these issues. In response, forest defenders known as Stop Cop City began to protest the construction by barricading the area and performing sit-ins in the forest. On January 18, 2023, law enforcement agencies attempted to clear the area. During the raid, a trooper was shot in the leg and a protester, identified as Manuel Terán, known also as "Tortuguita", was killed by police.[73][74] Police stated Terán fired on them without warning.[75] Journalists who had previously interviewed Terán, other protestors, and Terán's family have questioned whether Terán fired first, pointing to lack of body-camera footage of the shooting and calling for an independent investigation.[75][76][77][78] In response to the shooting, on January 21, 2023, protesters marched through Atlanta; some burned an Atlanta Police Department vehicle and started attacking businesses that have financially contributed to the Atlanta Police Foundation.[79]
August 4, 2023 – Union Square riot, popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat held a fan meetup in Union Square, New York City where he was to give away free PlayStation 5's. The event quickly spiraled out of control due to the large number of attendees. Law enforcement who responded to the situation sustained multiple injuries, and property was damaged. Multiple people were arrested and detained, including Cenat, who faced possible charges of inciting a riot.[80]
September 26-27 - Philadelphia experienced two nights of mass looting across the city, ranging from small businesses to major retailers such as Apple.[81] Over 18 liquor stores were robbed, prompting PA to shutter all state run liquor stores in Philadelphia briefly, while others remain closed until further notice. At least 72 have been arrested after they took advantage of law enforcement being distracted with protests over the police shooting of Eddie Irrizary, though the DA asserts the looters were not themselves associated with the protests.[82] Local influencer Dayjia "Meatball" Blackwell is alleged to have used her social media following to encourage people to participate in criminal activities in seven different locations. Blackwell, along with many of the mostly masked, young adult looters, livestreamed the robberies on TikTok and Instagram, where the 21 year old has hundreds of thousands of followers.[83]
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This article is about incidents of civil unrest rioting violent labor disputes or minor insurrections or revolts in the United States For incidents occurring before the Declaration of Independence see List of incidents of civil unrest in Colonial North America Listed are major episodes of civil unrest in the United States This list does not include the numerous incidents of destruction and violence associated with various sporting events 1 This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items October 2018 Contents 1 18th century 2 19th century 2 1 1800 1849 2 2 1850 1859 2 3 1860 1869 2 4 1870 1879 2 5 1880 1889 2 6 1890 1899 3 20th century 3 1 1900 1909 3 2 1910 1919 3 3 1920 1929 3 4 1930 1939 3 5 1940 1949 3 6 1950 1959 3 7 1960 1969 3 8 1970 1979 3 9 1980 1989 3 10 1990 1999 4 21st century 4 1 2000 2009 4 2 2010 2019 4 3 2020 2023 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading18th century edit1783 Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 June 20 Anti government protest by soldiers of the Continental Army against the Congress of the Confederation Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1786 Shays Rebellion August 29 1786 February 3 1787 Western Massachusetts 1786 Paper Money Riot September 20 Exeter New Hampshire 1788 Doctors Mob Riot New York City 1791 1794 Whiskey Rebellion Western Pennsylvania anti excise tax on whiskey 1799 Fries s Rebellion 1799 1800 Tax revolt by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers Pennsylvania19th century edit1800 1849 edit 1811 1811 German Coast uprising slave revolt in the Territory of Orleans 1812 Baltimore riots these took place shortly before the War of 1812 1824 Hard Scrabble and Snow Town Riots 1824 amp 1831 respectively Providence RI race riots 1829 Cincinnati riots of 1829 August 15 22 Cincinnati Ohio race riots triggered by labor competition between Irish immigrants and southern black migrants 1831 Nat Turner s slave rebellion August 21 23 Southampton County Virginia 1834 Anti abolitionist riot New York City 1834 Philadelphia race riot August 12 14 1834 Attack on Canterbury Female Boarding School Canterbury Connecticut one of the first schools for African American girls 1835 Baltimore bank riot August 6 9 1835 Gentleman s Riot numerous riots throughout 1835 targeting abolitionists 2 Boston Massachusetts 1835 Snow Riot Washington D C race riot caused by labor competition 1835 Destruction of Noyes Academy Canaan New Hampshire a racially integrated school 1835 1836 Toledo War a boundary dispute between states of Michigan and Ohio 1836 Cincinnati Riots of 1836 Cincinnati Ohio race riots 1837 Flour Riots New York City 1837 Murder of abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy 1838 Burning of Pennsylvania Hall a lecture hall built with the intention of debating abolition women s rights and other reforms is burned down only 4 days after opening 1839 Honey War Iowa Missouri border 1839 Anti Rent War Hudson Valley New York 1841 Dorr Rebellion Rhode Island 1841 Cincinnati Riots of 1841 early September Cincinnati Ohio race riot 1842 Lombard Street Riot a k a the Abolition Riots August 1 Philadelphia 1842 Muncy Abolition riot of 1842 1844 Philadelphia Nativist Riots May 6 8 July 6 7 Philadelphia anti Catholic 1845 Milwaukee Bridge War 1849 Astor Place riot May 10 New York City anti British 1850 1859 edit 1851 Christiana Riot Lancaster County Pennsylvania 1853 Cincinnati Riot of 1853 Cincinnati Ohio anti Catholic 1855 Cincinnati riots of 1855 anti immigration 1855 Lager Beer Riot April 21 Chicago Illinois 1855 Portland Rum Riot June 2 Portland Maine 1855 Bloody Monday Know Nothing Party riot August 6 Louisville Kentucky anti immigration 1855 Detroit brothel riots 1855 1859 Detroit Michigan 3 1856 Sacking of Lawrence Kansas May 21 1856 when proslavery settlers led by Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J Jones attacked and ransacked Lawrence Kansas founded by antislavery settlers from Massachusetts hoping to make Kansas a free state The incident fueled the irregular conflict in Kansas Territory that later became known as Bleeding Kansas 1856 Battle of Seattle 1856 Jan 26 Attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle Washington 1856 Pottawatomie massacre May 24 Franklin County Kansas 1856 Know Nothing Riot of 1856 Baltimore Maryland anti immigration 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Movement San Francisco California 1857 Know Nothing Riot June 1 Washington D C anti immigration 1857 New York City Police Riot June 16 New York City 1857 Dead Rabbits Riot July 4 5 New York City 1858 Know Nothing Riot 1858 New Orleans Louisiana anti immigration 1859 John Brown s raid on Harpers Ferry October 16 Harpers Ferry Virginia1860 1869 edit 1861 1865 American Civil War April 12 9 United States 1861 Baltimore Riot of 1861 April 19 a k a the Pratt Street Riot Baltimore Maryland 1861 Camp Jackson Affair May 10 Union forces clash with Confederate sympathizers on the streets of St Louis 28 dead 100 injured St Louis Missouri 1862 Brooklyn Riot of 1862 occurred August 4 between the New York Metropolitan Police against a white mob attacking African American strike breakers at a Tobacco Factory 4 1862 Buffalo riot of 1862 August 12 Buffalo New York labor riot 1863 Detroit race riot of 1863 March 6 1863 Southern bread riots April 2 Riots which broke out in the South during the Civil War due to food shortages throughout the Confederate States of America 1863 Battle of Fort Fizzle June also known as the Holmes County Draft Riots active resistance to the draft during the Civil War Holmes County Ohio 1863 New York City draft riots July 13 16 anti draft 1864 Charleston Riot March 28 Charleston Illinois 1865 April 1 3 1865 Burning of Richmond The endgame of the Civil War 1866 Memphis Riots of 1866 May 1 3 Race riot that broke out during Reconstruction Memphis Tennessee 1866 New Orleans riot July 30 New Orleans Louisiana 1867 1867 Franklin riot July 10 Franklin Tennessee 5 1867 1867 Rogersville riot July 26 Rogersville Tennessee 6 1868 Pulaski Riot Pulaski Tennessee race riot 1870 1879 edit nbsp The New York Orange Riot of 1871 between Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants 1870 First New York City Orange riot Irish Catholics versus Irish Protestants 1870 Kirk Holden war July November Caswell and Alamance counties North Carolina 1870 Mamaroneck Riot labor riot between Italian and Irish laborers 1870 Eutaw Riot Eutaw Alabama Ku Klux Klan attacked a Republican rally 7 1871 Second New York City Orange riot 1871 Meridian race riot of 1871 March Meridian Mississippi 1871 Los Angeles anti Chinese riot Los Angeles California 1873 Colfax massacre April 13 Colfax Louisiana race related 1874 Coushatta massacre August An attack by the White League on Republican officeholders and freedmen Coushatta Louisiana 1874 Election Riot of 1874 Barbour County Alabama race related 1874 Tompkins Square Riot New York City poverty 1874 Battle of Liberty Place New Orleans Louisiana anti Reconstruction 1876 South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876 South Carolina race riots 1877 Widespread rioting occurred across the US as part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Baltimore railroad strike in Baltimore Maryland Chicago railroad strike of 1877 Chicago IL Philadelphia Railroad Strike Philadelphia Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Railway Riots in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Reading Railroad massacre Reading Pennsylvania Saint Louis general strike July East St Louis Illinois Scranton General Strike in Scranton Pennsylvania Shamokin uprising Shamokin Pennsylvania 1877 San Francisco Riot of 1877 anti Chinese immigration 1880 1889 edit 1880 1880 Garret Mountain May Day riot May 1 Paterson New Jersey 1882 Greenwood New York insurrection of 1882 1884 Cincinnati riots of 1884 March 28 30 Cincinnati Ohio 1885 Rock Springs massacre September 2 1885 white miners attack Chinese miners 28 killed 15 injured Rock Springs Wyoming 1886 Seattle riot of 1886 February 6 9 Seattle Washington anti Chinese 1886 Haymarket riot May 4 Chicago Illinois labor riot 1886 Bay View Massacre May 4 1400 workers march for eight hour work day 7 killed and several more wounded after confrontation with National Guard Milwaukee Wisconsin 1887 Reservoir war April 25 a minor insurrection against the State of Ohio to destroy a canal feeder reservoir and other canal infrastructure Antwerp Ohio 1887 Thibodaux Massacre November 22 25 a racial attack mounted by white paramilitary groups in Thibodaux Louisiana in November 1887 Thibodaux Louisiana 1888 Jaybird Woodpecker War 1888 90 two factions of Democratic Party fight for control Fort Bend County Texas 1889 1889 Forrest City riot May 18 Forrest City Arkansas race riot 8 1889 1889 Jesup riot December 25 Jesup Georgia 9 1890 1899 edit 1891 Hennessy Affair New Orleans Louisiana anti Italian 1892 Homestead strike July 6 1892 Homestead Pennsylvania 1892 1893 Mitcham War Clarke County Alabama group of young rural farmers attack nearby businessmen possibly motivated by 1892 election 1894 May Day riots of 1894 May 1 Cleveland Ohio labor riot 1894 American Railway Union striking Pullman factory workers near Chicago Illinois 1894 Pullman strike American Railway Union strike versus federal troops many cities west of Detroit 1894 Bituminous Coal Miners Strike coal mining regions 1895 New Orleans dockworkers riot New Orleans Louisiana 1897 Lattimer massacre September 1897 near Hazleton Pennsylvania labor massacre 1898 1898 Tampa riot June 6 7 Tampa Florida confrontation between white and segregated black soldiers 10 1898 Battle of Virden October 12 Coal strike 11 killed 35 wounded Virden Illinois 1898 Phoenix election riot November 8 Greenwood County South Carolina race riot 1898 Wilmington insurrection November 10 Wilmington North Carolina race riot 1899 Pana riot April 10 Coal mine labor conflict 7 killed 6 wounded Pana Illinois 1899 Coeur d Alene Idaho labor confrontation of 189920th century edit1900 1909 edit 1900 Akron Riot of 1900 Akron Ohio 1900 New Orleans Riot race riots 1900 1900 Liberty County riot August 18 Liberty County Georgia 11 12 1900 New York City Race Riot 13 1901 Denver Riots Denver Colorado citation needed 1901 Pierce City Riots Pierce City Missouri 1902 Liverpool Riots Denver Colorado citation needed 1903 Colorado Labor Wars 1903 1904 1903 Anthracite Coal Strike Eastern Pennsylvania 1903 Evansville Race Riot Evansville Indiana citation needed 1903 Motormen s Riot Richmond Virginia citation needed 1905 1905 Chicago teamsters strike April 7 July 19 Conflict between the Teamsters Union and the Employers Association of Chicago by the end 21 people killed and 416 injured mostly workers Chicago IL 1905 New Hampshire Labor Wars April 23 1905 June 22 1906 protestants attacked bosses in Rockingham and Strafford counties 1906 Rioting and looting after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake 1906 Atlanta Race Riot Atlanta Georgia 1907 Bellingham riots Bellingham Washington anti Indian riots 1908 Springfield Race Riot Springfield Illinois anti Black riots 1909 Greek Town riot February 21 South Omaha Nebraska anti Greek riots 1910 1919 edit 1910 Johnson Jeffries riots race riots 1910 1919 Bandit War Southern Texas 1910 Philadelphia general strike 1910 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1912 Lawrence textile strike Lawrence Massachusetts January to March 1912 Grabow riot July 7 labor riot 1913 Wheatland Riot August 3 Wheatland California labor riot 1913 Paterson silk strike February 25 July 28 Paterson New Jersey 1913 Copper Country Strike of 1913 1914 Calumet Michigan 1913 Colorado Coalfield War September 23 April 29 1914 Southern Colorado labor riot 1913 Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913 October 30 November 7 Indianapolis Indiana 1914 Ludlow massacre April 20 Ludlow Colorado labor massacre 1916 Preparedness Day bombing July 22 San Francisco California 1916 Everett massacre November 5 Everett Washington labor massacre 1917 Bath riots January 28 30 El Paso Texas 1917 East St Louis Race Riots July 2 St Louis Missouri amp East St Louis Illinois race riots triggered by labor competition 1917 Chester race riot July 25 29 Chester Pennsylvania 1917 Springfield Vigilante Riot Springfield Missouri 1917 Green Corn Rebellion August 3 A brief popular uprising advocating for the rural poor and against military conscription Central Oklahoma 1917 Houston Race riot August 23 Houston Texas 1917 St Paul Streetcar Riots October and December St Paul Minnesota 1918 Detroit trolley riot Detroit Michigan 3 1919 Seattle General Strike February 6 11 Seattle Washington 1919 May Day Riots May 1 Cleveland Ohio Boston Massachusetts New York City New York state labor riots triggered by Eugene V Debs conviction and American intervention in the Russian Civil War 1919 Red Summer white riots against blacksBlakeley Georgia February 8 Memphis Tennessee March 14 Morgan County West Virginia April 10 Jenkins County Georgia April 13 Charleston South Carolina May 10 Sylvester Georgia May 10 New London Connecticut May 29 Putnam County Georgia May 27 29 Monticello Mississippi May 31 Memphis Tennessee June 13 New London Connecticut June 13 Annapolis Maryland June 27 Macon Mississippi June 27 Bisbee Arizona July 3 Dublin Georgia July 6 Philadelphia Pennsylvania July 7 Coatesville Pennsylvania July 8 Tuscaloosa Alabama July 9 Longview Texas July 10 12 Indianapolis Indiana July 14 Port Arthur Texas July 15 Washington D C July 19 24 Norfolk Virginia July 21 New Orleans Louisiana July 23 Darby Pennsylvania July 23 Hobson City Alabama July 26 Chicago Illinois July 27 August 3 Newberry South Carolina July 28 Bloomington Illinois July 31 Syracuse New York July 31 Philadelphia Pennsylvania July 31 Hattiesburg Mississippi August 4 Texarkana Texas riot of 1919 August 6 New York New York August 21 Knoxville Tennessee August 30 Ellenton South Carolina September 15 21 Omaha Nebraska September 28 29 Elaine Arkansas October 1 2 Baltimore Maryland October 1 2 Corbin Kentucky October 31 1919 Wilmington Delaware November 13 1919 Annapolis riot of 1919 June 27 Annapolis Maryland 1919 Boston Police Strike September 9 11 Boston Massachusetts 1919 Steel Strike of 1919 September 22 January 8 Pennsylvania 1919 Coal Strike of 1919 November 1 December 10 Pennsylvania 1919 Centralia Massacre November 11 Centralia Washington labor massacre 1920 1929 edit 1920 1920 Lexington riots Feb 20 Lexington KY 1920 Battle of Matewan May 20 Matewan West Virginia labor massacre 1920 Ocoee massacre November 2 3 Ocoee Florida race massacre on election day 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre May 31 June 1 Tulsa Oklahoma 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain August September Logan County West Virginia labor massacre in which up to 100 people were killed 1922 Herrin Massacre June 21 22 Herrin Illinois labor massacre 1922 Straw Hat Riot September 13 15 New York City New York 1922 Perry race riot December 14 15 Perry Florida 1923 Rosewood Massacre January 1 7 Rosewood Florida race massacre 1925 Ossian Sweet incident September Detroit Michigan 1927 Yakima Valley Anti Filipino Riot November 8 11 Yakima Valley 1927 Columbine Mine Massacre November 21 Serene Colorado 1929 Loray Mill strike Gastonia North Carolina1930 1939 edit 1930 Watsonville Riots January 19 23 Watsonville California race riots 1931 Battle of Evarts May 5 Harlan County Kentucky labor massacre 1931 The Housing Protests August 3 Chicago Illinois 1931 Hawaii Riot Hawaii 1931 1932 Harlan County War Harlan County Kentucky Part of the Coal Wars and resulted in at least 5 total deaths 1932 Bonus Army March Spring Summer 1932 Washington D C 1932 Ford Hunger March March 7 3 000 unemployed workers march on Ford Motors five are killed River Rouge plant Dearborn Michigan 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 Minneapolis Minnesota 1934 Auto Lite strike April 4 June 3 the Battle of Toledo riot Toledo Ohio 1934 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike May 9 October 12 San Francisco Bay Area California Portland Oregon Seattle Washington 1934 Textile workers strike 1934 1934 Detroit World Series riot October 10 Detroit Michigan 3 1935 Harlem Riot March 19 20 New York City first modern race riot due to attacks turning from against people to against property 1935 Southern Tenant Farmers Union Riot Arkansas 1935 Terre Haute General Strike July 22 23 A labor dispute between an enameling company and a labor union led to a two day general strike Indiana National Guard was called out and martial law was declared by the Governor The city was under a state of martial law for six months It was the third general strike in U S History Terre Haute Indiana 1937 Flint Sit Down Strike General Motors Fisher Body Plant Flint Michigan 1937 Battle of the Overpass May 26 Dearborn Michigan 3 members of United Auto Workers UAW clash with Henry Ford s security guards 1937 Republic Steel Strike May 30 Chicago Illinois1940 1949 edit 1942 Sojourner Truth Homes Riot February 28 Detroit Michigan race riot 1943 Beaumont race riot of 1943 June Beaumont Texas 1943 Zoot Suit Riots July 3 Los Angeles California anti Hispanic and anti zoot suit 1943 Detroit race riot of 1943 June 20 21 Detroit Michigan 1943 Harlem riot of 1943 August 1 3 New York City New York race riot 1946 Columbia race riot of 1946 February 25 26 Columbia Tennessee 1946 Battle of Athens 1946 August revolt by citizens against corrupt local government McMinn County Tennessee 1946 Airport Homes race riots Chicago Illinois 1947 Fernwood Park race riot mid August Fernwood Chicago IL 1949 Fairground Park riot June 21 St Louis Missouri race riot 1949 Anacostia Pool Riot June 29 Anacostia Washington D C race riot 1949 Peekskill riots Peekskill New York race riot 1949 Englewood race riot November 8 12 Englewood Chicago IL1950 1959 edit 1950 San Juan Nationalist revolt Utuado Uprising Jayuya Uprising October 30 Various uprisings against United States Government rule during the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s in Puerto Rico 1951 Cicero race riot of 1951 July 12 Cicero Illinois 1956 Mansfield School Integration Incident 400 pro segregationists brandishing weapons and racist signage prevent 12 black children from entering Mansfield High School Mansfield TX 1958 Battle of Hayes Pond January 18 Maxton North Carolina Armed confrontation between members of the NC Lumbee tribe and the KKK 1959 Harriett Henderson Cotton Mills Strike Henderson North Carolina1960 1969 edit nbsp 1968 Washington D C riots1960 HUAC riot May 13 Students protest House Un American Activities Committee hearings 12 injured 64 arrested San Francisco California 1960 Newport Jazz Festival Riot July 2 Newport Rhode Island 1960 El Cajon Boulevard Riot August 20 San Diego California 1960 Ax Handle Saturday August 27 Jacksonville Florida race riot 1962 Ole Miss riot 1962 September 3 October 1 The University of Mississippi Oxford Mississippi race riot caused by segregation 1963 Birmingham riot of 1963 May 11 Birmingham Alabama race riot 1963 Cambridge riot 1963 June 14 Cambridge Maryland race riot 1964 Chester school protests April 2 26 Chester Pennsylvania racially motivated 1964 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests June thru August St Augustine Florida protests over segregation 1964 The July 16 killing of James Powell by police in the Yorkville neighborhood just south of East Harlem precipitates a string of race riots in July and August including 1964 Harlem Riot of 1964 July 16 22 New York City 1964 Rochester 1964 race riot July 24 25 Rochester New York 1964 Jersey City Riot August 3 5 A disorderly conduct arrest set off accusations of police brutality and were followed by protests and riots 14 At least two residents were shot and several police and rioters were injured 15 Jersey City NJ 1964 Dixmoor race riot August 15 17 Dixmoor Illinois 1964 Philadelphia 1964 race riot August 28 30 Philadelphia 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches March 7 25 Alabama 1965 Watts riots August 11 17 Los Angeles California part of the ghetto riots 1966 Division Street riots June 12 14 Humboldt Park Chicago Illinois Puerto Rican riots 1966 Omaha riot of 1966 July 2 Omaha Nebraska race riots 1966 1966 Chicago West Side riots July 12 15 Chicago Illinois 1966 1966 New York City riots July 14 20 New York City New York A riot broke out following a dispute between white and black youths One person was killed and 53 injured There were three arson incidents and 82 arrests 16 1966 Hough riots July 18 24 Cleveland Ohio 1966 Compton s Cafeteria Riot August San Francisco California 1966 Perth Amboy riots August 2 5 Perth Amboy New Jersey a riot broke out following the arrest of a Hispanic man for loitering Hispanic residents also disliked being treated negatively by the police and being ignored by the community 26 injuries were reported 15 from law enforcement officers and 11 from civilians and 43 arrests were made Interference with firefighters occurred 16 17 1966 Marquette Park housing march August 5 Chicago Illinois 1966 Waukegan riot August 27 Waukegan Illinois 1966 Benton Harbor riots August 30 September 4 Benton Harbor Michigan 1966 1966 Dayton race riot September 1 Dayton Ohio 1966 Summerhill and Vine City Riots September 6 8 Atlanta Georgia 1966 Hunters Point social uprising September 27 October 1 San Francisco California 1966 1966 Clearwater riot October 31 Clearwater Florida 18 1966 Sunset Strip curfew riots November 12 various other flareups basis for the song For What It s Worth Buffalo Springfield song West Hollywood California 1967 Long Hot Summer of 1967 refers to a year in which 159 race riots almost all African American erupted across the United States including 1967 1967 Louisville riots April 11 mid June Louisville Kentucky 19 1967 1967 Massillion riot April 17 Massillon Ohio 17 arrests were made as black and white teenagers fought each other 19 1967 1967 Jackson riot May 12 Jackson Mississippi 19 1967 1967 Texas Southern University riot May 16 Houston Texas 20 1967 1967 Boston riot June 2 5 Boston Massachusetts 19 1967 1967 Clearwater riot June 3 19 or 4 21 Clearwater Florida a riot started after a white police officer tried to assist an African American officer break up a fight between two African American men 21 1967 1967 Philadelphia riot June 11 Philadelphia Pennsylvania began after a dispute involving a rug Bottle and brick throwing were reported in an African American neighborhood and 4 police officers were injured 21 1967 1967 Prattville riot June 11 Prattville Alabama riots following the arrest of Stokely Carmichael arrest 4 people were wounded and 10 arrested 19 1967 Tampa riot of 1967 June 11 14 Tampa Florida 22 1967 Avondale riots June 12 15 Cincinnati Ohio 1967 1967 Maywood riots June 14 Maywood Illinois riots began after young African American men and women demanded a swimming pool in the historically neglected neighborhood 19 1967 1967 Atlanta riots June 17 20 Atlanta Georgia 1967 Buffalo riot of 1967 June 27 Buffalo New York 1967 1967 Waterloo riots July 8 9 Waterloo Iowa riots started after a young African American man was arrested for assault and battery of an elderly white man sweeping the sidewalk in front of his business 23 1967 1967 Kansas City riot July 9 Kansas City Missouri 1 person was injured and 11 arrested 19 1967 1967 Newark riots July 12 17 Newark New Jersey 1967 1967 Hartford riot July 14 Hartford Connecticut 19 1967 1967 Plainfield riots July 14 21 Plainfield New Jersey 1967 1967 Fresno riot July 15 17 Fresno California riots were sparked after the loss of a local youth job program used extensively by African American and Latino youths 2 people were injured 27 arrested and 46 cases of arson were reported 16 24 1967 Cairo riot July 17 Cairo Illinois 1967 1967 New Brunswick riots July 17 18 New Brunswick New Jersey riots began after a group of roughly 200 African American teenagers protested against unfair treatment in local public schools unemployment the closing of a social club and long term police brutality Protesters looted stores in the city s business district specifically targeting those considered to treat black customers unfairly By 2 AM 32 adults and 18 juveniles all of them black had been arrested for looting possession of stolen property carrying weapons and loitering In response Mayor Patricia Sheehan declared a 10 PM curfew On June 18 a crowd of 200 people gathered where 75 heavily armed police officers were barricading a route to the downtown business district The protesters promised to disperse once the police were removed and they did 25 1967 1967 Minneapolis riot July 19 24 Minneapolis Minnesota 19 1967 1967 Wadesboro riot July 22 Wadesboro North Carolina after a black person was shot and run over by a car local black residents went on a rock throwing spree 19 1967 1967 New York City riot July 22 25 East Harlem amp South Bronx New York City a riot began in East Harlem after a policeman killed a Puerto Rican he claimed was holding a knife and threatening him The riot later spread to the South Bronx 26 27 1967 1967 Birmingham riot July 23 Birmingham Alabama 11 people were injured and over 70 arrested with the National Guard being called in to assist the police 19 1967 1967 Toledo Riot July 23 Toledo Ohio 19 1967 1967 Rochester riots July 23 24 Rochester New York a riot began following police shutting down a drag race 1 person was killed 9 injured 146 arson cases reported and 69 people arrested The New York State Police and the National Guard would be called up 19 16 1967 1967 Lima riots July 23 26 Lima Ohio riots began following the killing of a white man by a black man Two cases of arson were reported and 23 arrests made 16 1967 1967 Detroit riot July 23 29 Detroit Michigan 1967 Cambridge riot of 1967 July 24 a k a the H Rap Brown riot Cambridge Maryland 1967 1967 Waukegan riots July 24 25 Waukegan Illinois 19 1967 1967 Grand Rapids riot July 25 27 Grand Rapids Michigan a riot began following the Grand Rapids Police raiding and shutting down an illegal bar As the patrons stood on the street police attempted to arrest a young man for stealing a car The young man had a broken arm in a cast and the onlookers accused the police of brutality in the arrest The next night rioters began using Molotov cocktails to burn down businesses and houses White vigilantes took to the streets to counter the protesters Gov George Romney ordered the National Guard to intervene By the end of the protests there were 44 injuries no deaths and 30 arrests 28 16 1967 1967 Saginaw riot July 26 Saginaw Michigan 1967 1967 Albany riot Albany New York July 27 28 riots began in response to a rumor of two deaths at the hands of the police 41 people were arrested and there were 3 arson cases 16 1967 1967 Wilmington riots July 28 30 Wilmington Delaware 13 were injured 14 arson cases and 325 arrests were reported during the riots 16 1967 1967 Rockford riots July 29 30 Rockford Illinois 11 people injured and 44 arrested 19 1967 Albina Riot of 1967 July 30 Portland Oregon 1967 Milwaukee riot July 30 Milwaukee Wisconsin 1967 1967 Riviera Beach riot July 30 31 Riviera Beach amp West Palm Beach Florida 19 1967 1967 Providence riots July 31 August 1 23 people were injured and 14 arrests were made 19 1967 1967 New Haven riots August 19 23 a riot began following a white restaurant owner shooting at a Puerto Rican man who had come at him with a knife Over 200 Connecticut State Troopers would be called in to assist the city s police department that had 430 officers 3 people were injured 679 arrested and 90 cases of arson reported 29 1967 1967 Century City demonstration anti war protesters in Los Angeles are beaten by police 30 31 1968 Orangeburg Massacre S C State Univ February 8 Orangeburg South Carolina 1968 Memphis sanitation strike riot March 28 Memphis Tennessee 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr April 4 Memphis Tennessee precipitates all April 4 14 riots including 1968 1968 Detroit riot April 4 5 Detroit Michigan 1968 1968 New York City riots April 4 5 New York City New York 1968 1968 Tallahassee riots April 4 7 Tallahassee Florida 32 One person killed and five injured 16 1968 1968 Washington D C riots April 4 8 Washington D C 1968 1968 Boston riots April 4 9 Boston Massachusetts 34 injuries were reported 16 cases of arson and 87 arrests 16 1968 1968 Charlotte riots April 4 12 Charlotte North Carolina seven injuries were reported 29 cases of arson and 30 arrests 16 1968 1968 Chicago riots West Side Riots April 5 7 Chicago Illinois 1968 1968 Norfolk riots April 5 10 Norfolk Virginia 16 1968 1968 Pittsburgh riots April 5 11 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1968 1968 Jacksonville riots April 6 11 Jacksonville Florida one person killed and 15 injured with 12 of those caused by police 16 1968 Baltimore riot of 1968 April 6 14 Baltimore Maryland 1968 Avondale riot of 1968 April 8 Cincinnati Ohio 1968 1968 Kansas City riot April 9 Kansas City Missouri 1968 Wilmington Riot of 1968 April 9 10 Wilmington Delaware 1968 Trenton Riot of 1968 April 9 11 Trenton New Jersey 1968 Columbia University protests of 1968 April 23 New York City New York 1968 Louisville riots of 1968 May 27 Louisville Kentucky 1968 1968 Paterson riots July 2 7 Paterson New Jersey riots began following rumors a man was killed by the police while being arrested 150 people were arrested and 86 cases of arson reported 16 1968 1968 Coney Islands Riots July 19 22 Coney Island New York City New York the cause of the riots are unclear Five police officers were injured and eight people were arrested by the police in a neighborhood that was predominantly black and Puerto Rican 33 34 1968 Akron riot July 17 23 Akron Ohio 1968 Glenville Shootout July 23 28 Cleveland Ohio 1968 1968 Richmond riots July 25 30 Richmond California riots broke out after a 15 year old black male suspect in a car robbery was shot by police 17 arson cases were reported and 564 people arrested 16 35 1968 1968 Miami riot August 7 8 Miami Florida 1968 1968 Democratic National Convention protests including the police riots of August 27 28 Chicago Illinois 1969 Zip to Zap riot May 9 11 Zap North Dakota 1969 People s Park Riots May Berkeley California 1969 1969 Greensboro uprising May 21 25 Greensboro North Carolina 1969 Cairo disorders May December Cairo Illinois 1969 Stonewall riots June 28 July 2 New York City New York 1969 1969 York Race Riot July 17 24 York Pennsylvania 1969 Days of Rage October 8 11 Weathermen riot in Chicago Illinois1970 1979 edit 1970 San Francisco Police Department Park Station bombing February 16 San Francisco CA 1970 University of Puerto Rico riot March 4 11 at least one killed Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 1970 Coachella Riots April 5 Coachella California started after a Brown Beret member disrupted a dance by getting on the stage and calling for action Three people were arrested four police officers injured and the mayor s house was burned down 33 36 1970 Student strike of 1970 May 1970 1970 Kent State riots shootings May 4 1970 four killed Kent Ohio 1970 New Haven Green Disorders Yale University May 1970 New Haven Connecticut 1970 Augusta Riot May 11 13 Augusta Georgia 1970 Hard Hat Riot Wall Street May 8 New York City 1970 Jackson State killings May 14 15 two killed Jackson Mississippi 1970 Stoneman Meadow Riot July 4 1970 Yosemite California 1970 1970 Asbury Park race riots July 4 10 Asbury Park New Jersey 1970 1970 Memorial Park riot August 24 27 Royal Oak Michigan 1970 Sterling Hall bombing Univ of Wisc August 24 one killed Madison Wisconsin 1970 Chicano Moratorium riot August 29 Los Angeles California 1971 Wilmington riot 1971 February 9 Wilmington North Carolina 1971 May Day protests 1971 May 3 Washington D C 1971 Albuquerque riots June 13 15 Albuquerque New Mexico the arrest of several Chicano teens for underage drinking at Albuquerque s Roosevelt Park set off 30 hours of violence Police fired their guns in the air and tossed tear gas but the angry crowd overturned police cars started fires and smashed windows forcing officers to flee Some 600 people were arrested dozens injured and the area and nearby buildings damaged 37 38 1971 Colonia riots July 18 19 Colonia California 38 people arrested 39 33 1971 Camden riots August 1971 Camden New Jersey 1971 Santa Fe Fiestas riot September 7 1971 Santa Fe New Mexico civil disturbances and vandalism during annual Fiestas event Police fired tear gas into crowd 100 National Guardsman were called to protect buildings and keep order 40 23 people were arrested 41 1971 Attica Prison uprising September 9 13 at least 39 killed Attica New York 1972 Pharr riots February 6 Pharr Texas started after police attacked a crowd protesting police brutality and killed one person 33 42 1972 April 1972 Santa Paula riots April 23 Santa Paula California 35 40 arrests 33 43 1972 Gainesville riots May 12 1972 Gainesville Florida anti war protesters and police clashed for several hours 174 people were arrested and 24 injured 44 1972 1972 Boston riots July 1972 Boston Massachusetts 45 1973 Wounded Knee incident February 27 May 8 Wounded Knee South Dakota 1973 Shooting of Clifford Glover Riot April 23 Rioting broke out in South Jamaica Queens after an undercover police officer shot and killed a 10 year old African American youth New York New York 1974 SLA Shootout May 17 Los Angeles California 1974 Baltimore police strike July Baltimore Maryland 1974 Boston desegregation busing riots at least 40 riots throughout Boston Massachusetts from September 1974 through September 1976 1975 Livernois Fenkell riot July 1975 Detroit Michigan 1976 Escambia High School riots February 5 Pensacola Florida 1976 Marquette Park unrest June August Chicago Illinois 1977 Humboldt Park riot June 5 6 Chicago Illinois 1977 New York City Blackout riot 1977 July 13 14 New York City New York 1978 Fireman Strike Arson July 2 1978 Memphis TN 1978 Moody Park riot May 5 1978 Houston Texas 1979 Herman Hill riot April 15 Wichita Kansas 1979 White Night riots May 1979 San Francisco California 1979 Levittown Gas Riot June 23 24 Thousands rioted in response to increased gasoline prices in the U S 198 arrested 44 police and 200 rioters injured Gas stations were damaged and cars set on fire Levittown Pennsylvania 1979 Greensboro massacre November 3 Shootout between members of the Communist Workers Party and members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party Greensboro North Carolina 1980 1989 edit 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary riot February 2 3 Santa Fe New Mexico 1980 Miami riot 1980 May 17 19 Miami Florida 1982 1982 Overtown riot December 28 Miami Florida 1984 Tower Hill riot Lawrence Massachusetts 45 1985 1985 MOVE bombing May 13 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1986 Marquette Park KKK rally June 28 Chicago Illinois 1987 1987 Tampa riots Tampa Florida 46 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot August 6 7 New York City 1988 Cedar Grove Shreveport Louisiana 1989 1989 Miami riot January 16 18 four days of rioting in the Overtown neighborhood began after a police officer shot a man driving a motorcycle who was fleeing another officer He crashed and his passenger was also killed Miami Florida 1989 1989 Tampa riot February 1 Tampa Florida a riot began following the death of an African American man while in police custody The disturbance lasted for an hour with 150 youths participating A grocery store was looted and set on fire Four police officers including one involved in the initial arrest were injured 47 48 1990 1999 edit 1990 1990 Wynwood riots December 3 1990 Miami Florida Started after the acquittal of police officers who had beaten a drug dealer named Leonardo Mercado to death in December 1988 49 1991 1991 Washington DC riot Mount Pleasant riot May 5 9 Washington D C 1991 Overtown Miami June 28 Riot in the heavily Black section of Overtown against Cuban Americans Miami Florida 1991 Crown Heights riot August 1991 Brooklyn New York 1992 1992 Los Angeles riots April May 1992 Los Angeles California 1992 West Las Vegas riots April 29 Las Vegas Nevada 1992 1992 Washington Heights riots July 4 7 Manhattan New York Dominican community 1996 St Petersburg Florida Riot 1996 October 1996 St Petersburg Florida 1997 North Hollywood shootout February 1997 Los Angeles California 1999 Michigan State University student riot April 1999 East Lansing Michigan 1999 Woodstock 99 music festival incident July 1999 Rome New York 1999 WTO Meeting of 1999 The Battle of Seattle November 1999 Seattle Washington21st century edit2000 2009 edit 2000 Elian Gonzalez affair Miami Florida 2000 Firing of Bob Knight September 11 2 000 10 000 Indiana Hoosiers Men s Basketball fans participate in vandalism and protests Bloomington Indiana 2000 Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks June 11 Central Park New York City 2000 Brooks Brothers riot November 22 Miami Dade County Florida 2001 Seattle Mardi Gras riot February 27 Seattle Washington 2001 2001 Cincinnati Riots April 10 12 Cincinnati Ohio 2003 Benton Harbor riot June 2003 Benton Harbor Michigan 2003 Miami FTAA Protests November 2003 Miami Florida 2005 Civil disturbances and military action in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina August September New Orleans Louisiana 2005 2005 Toledo riot October 15 Toledo Ohio 2006 San Bernardino punk riot March 4 San Bernardino California 2007 The Los Angeles May Day melee May 1 Los Angeles California 2009 Riots against BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant January 7 120 arrested Oakland California 2009 Akron riots March 14 2009 7 arrested and July 2009 unknown number arrested Akron Ohio 2009 2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit protests September 24 25 193 arrested2010 2019 edit 2010 Springfest riot April 10 2010 Santa Cruz May Day riot May 1 2010 Oakland protest riot November 5 protesting sentence of former BART officer in shooting of Oscar Grant on New Years Day 2009 see BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant Oakland California 2011 Madison Occupation Protestors storm and occupy the Wisconsin state capitol building for 18 days 2011 Occupy Wall Street Brooklyn Bridge protests 2011 Occupy Oakland Oakland protests riots October 2012 Kentucky Wildcats supporters in Lexington Kentucky 50 2012 NATO 2012 Chicago Summit May 2012 Anaheim police shooting and protests July 28 2013 Flatbush Riots March 11 Riots in Brooklyn New York after the death of Kimani Gray who was shot and killed by NYPD 2014 Bundy Standoff April 5 May 2014 Ferguson unrest Ferguson and St Louis Missouri August 10 and November 24 Following the shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer 2014 St Louis Missouri October 8 2014 New York New York and Berkeley California 2014 2014 Oakland riots November December 2014 Berkeley Missouri December 23 24 Antonio Martin is shot to death by police in a St Louis suburb nearby to Ferguson 2015 2015 Baltimore protests April 25 28 following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody 2015 St Louis Missouri August 19 Conflict with police following fatal shooting by St Louis police officers of a black teenager Mansur Ball Bey 2016 Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge January February One killed and several dozen arrested at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Oregon 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest March 11 2016 Democracy Spring rally in April March to Washington D C and sit ins lead to arrests 2016 2016 Sacramento riot June 26 A confrontation between white nationalists and left wing counter protesters at the California State Capitol 2016 Widespread protests erupt in response to two deaths at the hands of police the Shooting of Alton Sterling and shooting of Philando Castile New York City Chicago St Paul Baton Rouge and other cities 2016 Milwaukee riots Sherman Park August 13 15 Milwaukee Wisconsin sparked by the fatal police shooting of 23 year old Sylville Smith 2016 Charlotte riot September 20 21 Protests and riots break out in response to the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a Charlotte police officer 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests 411 protesters arrested 2016 Anti Trump protests November 9 2 2017 Berkeley California February 1 civil unrest ensued at UC Berkeley 2017 Anaheim California protests February 21 protesters demonstrated after a police officer grabbed a 13 year old boy and fired a single shot 2017 May Day in Olympia Washington and Portland Oregon protestors demonstrated for workers rights 2017 Unite the Right rally Charlottesville Virginia August 11 12 opposition to the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E Lee 2017 St Louis protests September 15 November 24 2019 Memphis riot June 13 following the fatal shooting of Brandon Webber by U S Marshals Memphis TN 2020 2023 edit 2020 New York City FTP protests January 31 Anti Transit Police and MTA protest resulting in hundreds of arrests over the three separate days of demonstration Vandalism and violence on train stations were reported 2020 University of Dayton closure riot March 11 A riot broke out following the university s announcement of a temporary closure due to COVID 19 51 2020 nbsp Protesters surround a police precinct in Minneapolis during the George Floyd protests part of a larger wave of civil unrest in 2020 and 2021 George Floyd protests May 26 Following the murder of George Floyd protests and civil unrest against police brutality and systemic racism began in Minneapolis and quickly spread across the United States and the world on a scale unseen since the unrest of the summers of 1967 and 1968 Derek Chauvin the policeman who held his knee on Floyd s neck for over nine minutes was soon fired along with the three other officers involved Later Chauvin was arrested and charged with second degree unintentional murder third degree murder and second degree manslaughter after being taken into custody and released on bail in October 2020 Chauvin was found guilty on all charges in April 2021 52 and sentenced to 22 years and 6 months in prison in June 2021 53 The other three policemen were convicted of federal civil rights violations in February of 2022 54 Widespread protests and riots spread to other American cities and then to other countries with Floyd s murder garnering condemnation 55 Protest tactics included peaceful occupation and resistance but was overshadowed by widespread looting and damage of private and public properties In the Seattle neighborhood of Capitol Hill an occupation protest and self declared autonomous zone was established on June 8 2020 covering six city blocks and a park after the Seattle Police Department left their East Precinct building The area was cleared of occupants by police on July 1 2020 May 29 began national days of protests in every state some of which lasted throughout the summer of 2020 56 2020 Kenosha unrest August 23 28 On August 23 in Kenosha Wisconsin Jacob Blake was shot in the back by a police officer while not complying with their attempt to arrest him Protests and rioting occurred after the incident A State of Emergency was declared and police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd During several days of rioting government buildings were damaged businesses were looted and set on fire and vehicles were firebombed including 100 cars burned at a car dealership On the third day of unrest an armed teenager shot three rioters whom one was also armed wounding one and killing two By August 28 almost 1000 Wisconsin National Guard troops were on the streets backed by National Guard troops from Michigan Alabama and Arizona Nearly 100 buildings were damaged with the cost of damage to City property close to 2 million and the cost to private property damaged near 50 million 2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot August 26 28 On August 26 a false rumor that police shot a man in Minneapolis started riots that set four buildings on fire and damaged 72 others 2020 Jewish Protest October 7 8 In Brooklyn New York members of the Orthodox Jewish community protested over new COVID 19 restrictions Minor fires were set masks were burned and journalist Jacob Kornbluh was attacked Heshy Tischler was taken into custody for inciting a riot 57 2020 Philadelphia riot October 26 November 4 Caused by the Killing of Walter Wallace by Philadelphia police 2020 2020 21 United States election protests November 3 March 2021 Several demonstrations were held during and after the 2020 presidential election Clashes between pro Trump supporters and counterprotesters occurred on multiple nights including November 14 and December 12 On the night of December 12 there were multiple stabbings and over 23 people were arrested 2021 United States Capitol attack January 6 After months of unsuccessful attempts by President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election asserting voter fraud occurred and unsuccessfully attempting to pressure state election officials to alter the election results in his favor a large group of pro Trump supporters allegedly called to action by Trump 58 entered the United States Capitol in an attempt to prevent the certification of Joe Biden s election victory The Capitol was vandalized including doors windows and offices forcing members of Congress and Vice President Mike Pence to evacuate One death occurred as a direct result of the unrest and several additional deaths were reported subsequently but determined to be due to unrelated or natural causes 59 Ashli Babbitt an Air Force veteran from Southern California was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer as she attempted to enter through a broken window leading to the Speaker s Lobby inside the Capitol During a rush of protestors attempting to fight their way through the police line Rosanne Boyland was unintentionally crushed and killed While originally believed to have been a victim of blunt force trauma or chemical spray during altercations between protestors and police officer Brian Sicknick also died shortly after the violence from a stroke Nearly 140 police officers were injured 60 In the aftermath of the unrest which received widespread domestic and international condemnation the Chief of the Capitol Police resigned under pressure and President Trump was impeached a second time under accusation of incitement of insurrection 61 62 His subsequent trial in February 2021 ultimately resulted in an acquittal by the Senate making Trump the first to be tried as a former president and to be impeached and acquitted twice 63 2021 Daunte Wright protests April 11 February 18 2022 On April 11 police officer Kim Potter fatally shot 20 year old African American man Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center Minnesota near where former police officer Derek Chauvin was standing trial for the murder of George Floyd 64 Protests demanding justice for Wright were met with force by law enforcement who used tear gas canisters and other methods to disperse protesters Several demonstrations escalated into riots with property damage looting and violent clashes between protesters and police On April 14 shortly after she resigned from the police force Potter was arrested and charged with second degree manslaughter 65 In response to the unrest Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared a State of Emergency and imposed a citywide curfew amid mass arrests 2021 May 9 June 2021 amid the 2021 Israel Palestine crisis the United States saw a rise in antisemitism and violence against Jews as both pro Israel and pro Palestine protesters took to the streets of major U S cities 66 On May 20 in Midtown Manhattan pro Israel and pro Palestine protesters both took to the streets the two groups collided and fights broke out At least 26 people were arrested during the protests on various charges including obstructing governmental administration resisting arrest unlawful assembly disorderly conduct and criminal possession of a weapon according to police During the violence anti semitic attackers beat a Jewish man 67 Also on May 20 in Bal Harbour Florida an SUV carrying four supporters of Palestine drove by a synagogue and threw garbage at a Jewish family A nearby driver armed with a gun witnessed the incident and jumped to the family s defense chasing the men away In a separate incident a man in Miami drove a van painted with Nazi symbols past a pro Israel demonstration and shouted antisemitic slurs the man was subsequently arrested and later released 68 2021 Winston Boogie Smith riots June 3 7 On June 3 at about 2 10 P M at a parking garage on Lake Street between Fremont and Hennepin Avenues in the Upton district of Minneapolis a 32 year old African American man named Winston Boogie Smith was killed by Hennepin County and Ramsey County Sheriff s Departments deputies who were assisting the US Marshals Service in arresting him The US Marshals Service stated their reason for arresting him was because he had failed to appear in court on May 19 after being arrested for firearms possession There is no known video footage of the incident occurring Both a Ramsey and a Hennepin county deputy were later placed on administrative leave A crowd gathered after the incident occurred waiting to hear more information pertaining to the incident During that night a handful of businesses were looted and vandalized 9 arrests were reported to have been made 69 On June 13 an SUV drove into a parked car that was shielding protesters and the car was pushed into a crowd leading to the death of one person and injuring 3 others 70 On July 8 2021 a video link was posted on Twitter showing a driver in the Uptown area of Minneapolis Firing a gun into the air while doing burnouts 71 72 2021 2023 Stop Cop City Due to an increase of crime and a lack of police morale from the 2020 2022 United States racial unrest in the city of Atlanta a training facility was proposed to be built in order to address these issues In response forest defenders known as Stop Cop City began to protest the construction by barricading the area and performing sit ins in the forest On January 18 2023 law enforcement agencies attempted to clear the area During the raid a trooper was shot in the leg and a protester identified as Manuel Teran known also as Tortuguita was killed by police 73 74 Police stated Teran fired on them without warning 75 Journalists who had previously interviewed Teran other protestors and Teran s family have questioned whether Teran fired first pointing to lack of body camera footage of the shooting and calling for an independent investigation 75 76 77 78 In response to the shooting on January 21 2023 protesters marched through Atlanta some burned an Atlanta Police Department vehicle and started attacking businesses that have financially contributed to the Atlanta Police Foundation 79 August 4 2023 Union Square riot popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat held a fan meetup in Union Square New York City where he was to give away free PlayStation 5 s The event quickly spiraled out of control due to the large number of attendees Law enforcement who responded to the situation sustained multiple injuries and property was damaged Multiple people were arrested and detained including Cenat who faced possible charges of inciting a riot 80 September 26 27 Philadelphia experienced two nights of mass looting across the city ranging from small businesses to major retailers such as Apple 81 Over 18 liquor stores were robbed prompting PA to shutter all state run liquor stores in Philadelphia briefly while others remain closed until further notice At least 72 have been arrested after they took advantage of law enforcement being distracted with protests over the police shooting of Eddie Irrizary though the DA asserts the looters were not themselves associated with the protests 82 Local influencer Dayjia Meatball Blackwell is alleged to have used her social media following to encourage people to participate in criminal activities in seven different locations Blackwell along with many of the mostly masked young adult looters livestreamed the robberies on TikTok and Instagram where the 21 year old has hundreds of thousands of followers 83 See also editList of conflicts in North America List of coups and coup attempts by country United States List of incidents of civil unrest in Colonial North America List of massacres in the United 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