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@WATTSRIOTS50 Live Tweets Civil Unrest 50yrs Later
On August 11th, 21-year-old Marquette Frye was arrested for drunk-driving in Watts California. What started out as a traffic stop and a minor roadside argument quickly escalated and became 6 days of civil disobedience, violence and some of the worst urban unrest in history of the United States. Frustrations over high unemployment, inadequate schools, mistreatment…