Newark Riots 2008

May 13, 2008: As many as 100 Newark high school students were involved in a street brawl that ended after one teen stole a police vehicle and drove it into two parked cars. The teenage male was arrested.

Fast Facts

1. The fight occurred at around 3 p.m. on May 13, 2008
2. Students involved thought to attend Barringer High School
3. Police did not release information about the cause of the fight

Newark Riots 1967

1. Major civil disturbance in Newark, New Jersey between July 12 and July 17, 1967.
2. Causes: African-American residents felt disenfranchised, excluded from political representation, police brutality, unemployment and poverty
3. Rioting: looting, violence, and destruction
4. 26 people killed
5. 725 people injured
6. 1,500 arrests
7. $10 million property damage

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