Posted on 04/06/2008 5:30:04 AM PDT by Nextrush
Tributes poured out from all over the world in honor of Martin Luther King with Father George Clements of Chicago saying King "is a saint" and "should be canonized."
Meanwhile on the streets of Chicago rioting broke out after King's death.
Three thousand National Guard troops were initially deployed as many fires burned on the West Side of the city. Dozens were injured by rocks thrown at their cars or by gangs on the streets.
Bricks were thrown at firefighters trying to put out the flames and stores were looted.
Mayor Richard Daley called on President Johnson for regular Army troops and five thousand were sent to reinforce the National Guard.
11 black people were killed and some 18-hundred arrests were made.
Meanwhile in Baltimore violence broke out around 5pm in the afternoon of Saturday April 6th, 1968. It continued on Sunday morning the 7th.
Hundreds of fires were set and 6,000 thousand National Guard troops were called out. Snipers fired from four different locations in Baltimore.
Firefighters were unable to douse fires that spread as they had to retreat from snipers and or the stones and bottles that wre thrown at them.
In the end, 5-thousand regular Army troops were also sent to Baltimore to help restore order.
Rioting and other acts of violence were reported in over 100 cities following the King assassination.
I was around Jackson Blvd. and Pulaski (Crawford Ave.). I saw two gang killings, on separate occasions, from my bedroom window. Unfortunately, my parents owned a big apartment building and they couldn't sell so we had to live in that neighborhood as the only white family for two years.
I saw a beautiful neighborhood destroyed almost overnight. It was very sad.
What’s going to happen when Hillary cheats Obama of his prize?
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