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Jazz the Professor

@LikeButta3

May 17, 2023 • 8 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X

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#OTD May 17, 1980: Miami, FL had a major race riot caused by the beating death of Black motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie ar the hands of Miami police officers. 17ppl were killed, hundreds injured.
Pt.1
#History

#OTD May 17, 1980: Miami, FL had a race riot caused by the death of Black motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie by Miami police officers.

“While the Miami area enjoyed an economic boom, for residents of Overtown & Liberty City, the years had been hard”
Pt.2
#History #PoliceBrutality

#OTD May 17, 1980: Miami, FL had a race riot caused by the death of Black motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie by Miami police officers.

“I’ve had some background training in accident reconstruction...didn’t believe that motorcycle fell on its side”
Pt.3
#History #PoliceBrutality

#OTD May 17, 1980: Miami police found innocent of murder.

“He died as a result of blunt head injuries w/destruction of his underlying brain. He was beaten to death.”

“I witnessed the incident. I helped cover it up. I lied to the internal review investigators”
Pt.4
#History

#OTD May 17, 1980: Miami, FL had a major race riot caused by the beating death of Black motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie at the hands of Miami police officers.

“The trial was moved to Tampa, FL and heard by an all-male, all-white jury.”
Pt.5
#History #PoliceBrutality

#OTD May 17, 1980: Miami, FL had a race riot caused by the beating death of Black motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie by Miami police officers.

“We knew that a Black man had been killed by policemen...and yet they came back with a verdict of not guilty”
Pt.6
#History #PoliceBrutality

#OTD May 17, 1980: Miami, FL had a race riot caused by the death of Black motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie by Miami police officers.

“They’re emotional and anything that looks like they might be Caucasian, they’re throwing bricks, rocks & shooting”
Pt.7
#History #PoliceBrutality

#OTD May 17, 1980: Miami, FL had a race riot caused by the beating death of Black motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie by Miami police officers.

“They lost man, all the way around. And they can keep going, but they losing Jack. It’s a losing battle”
Pt.8
#History #PoliceBrutality

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