Tag Archives: Police Brutality
RIOT COLLECTION: “Negro Killed in New Watts Riot” (1966)
RIOT COLLECTION: “Watts ‘Looter’ Shot by Police” (1965)
“Civil Rights Demonstrator in Court During Sentencing” (1960)
Civil rights demonstrator in court during sentencing, St. Augustine, FL, 1960.
“Brooklyn Police Standing Over Negro Man” (1966)
July 22, 1966 – “DEMONSTRATOR DOWNED IN BROOKLYN”
“LOS ANGELES WATTS RIOTS” (1965)
[nggallery id=138] The Watts Riots began on August 11, 1965, in Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, when Lee Minikus, a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer, pulled over African American Marquette Frye on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Minikus was convinced Frye was under the influence and radioed for his car to be impounded. Frye […]