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It was an area of poor housing, overcrowding, high unemployment and a high crime rate. When police flagged down 21-year old Marquette Frye, who they suspected to be drunk, a crowd gathered and began to taunt the policeman who called for backup. The 2nd policeman responded for something said by the crowd by striking them with his baton. It was the spark that lead to 5 days of rioting, during which more than 34 people died, almost all of them black. At least 1,000 people were injured and an estimated 200 million in propert was destryoed by looting and burnig,including the whole Watts buisnuiss district...