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1967 Newark riots
In 1967, a Newark, NJ cab driver named John Smith had been brutally beaten by police for illegally passing a double-parked police car and then resisting arrest.
This set off the Newark Riots which plunged the city into five days of violence, looting and destruction -- ultimately leaving 23 people dead, 725 people injured and close to 1,500 arrested. Property damage exceeded $10 million.
The riot is often attributed to the decline of Newark and its neighboring communities, as many of the city's residents fled to outerlying communities immediately following the riots.
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