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Folder, "Summary Analysis: December 20, 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 3 (Item)
  • \ escalation point occurred shortly after the police left the scene , looting beginning as a local agitator broke the first window. This was followed by a period of several hours in which the police , returninK to the area , made no vis ible effort to stop
Folder, "THE HARVEST OF AMERICAN RACISM: The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 1 (Item)
  • the whole city down if they could. With the introduction of National Guard troops, anq removal of restraints on the use of weapons, vi olence escalated on the side of both rioters and authorities . Firebombing and looting escalated, reaching a peak