That resulted in acquittals that touched off three days of deadly rioting and caused nearly $1 billion in damage.
In July 1967, a police raid at an illegal drinking establishment escalated to five nights of deadly rioting on Detroit's lower west side; less than nine months later, smoldering anger reignited.
LEAD: A week of deadly rioting against austerity measures in Algeria has shaken the complacency of a regime inclined to live on the myths of a revolutionary past.
The four were acquitted of state assault charges by a jury in Simi Valley last year, touching off three days of deadly rioting.
The local authorities have been ousted by the Azerbaijani Popular Front, and deadly anti-Armenian rioting has broken out in Baku.
He departed during some of the deadliest rioting in Indonesia's history when sections of Jakarta were burned and vandalized.
They were acquitted of state assault charges by a jury in Simi Valley last year, leading to three days of deadly rioting here.
It has been almost 30 years now since a night of deadly rioting in Belfast prompted Britain to send in army troops to try to restore order in Northern Ireland.
The publication in Denmark set off deadly rioting across parts of the Muslim world and resulted in Muslim boycotts of Danish products.
The racial makeup of the jury is considered crucial in the case that ignited racial tensions and led to three days of deadly rioting.