The uprising in 1968 in the United States (6 photos) Bashny.Net

In 1968, a single shot from a rifle, was killed Martin Luther King. The bullet passed through the right side of the neck and throat, and then, after passing through the spinal cord, stopped in his shoulder. King was rushed to hospital, where doctors opened his chest and held direct cardiac massage. An autopsy revealed that the 39-year-old King's heart was like a 60-year-old. At his funeral was 300,000 people. And then in 110 US cities have begun civil unrest. In 30 cities, the riots escalated into looting. Started burning.






Mayor of Washington ordered urgently to restore order in the city. But a detachment of one hundred and twenty thousandth police stopped the crowd. President Lyndon Johnson introduced the troops into the city. Washington has been declared a curfew and a ban on the sale of alcohol and weapons. April 5 raging crowd is just two blocks from the White House. Only in the capital were injured 1907 people. 6100 arrested. It was burned in 1200 buildings, including 900 stores.