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== Riot == |
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The celebration was in honor of [[St. John the Baptist]], for whom [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] is named.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=|title=Bilandic, Latinos, meet about riots|last=|first=|date=June 7, 1977|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=March 24, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|via=Proquest}}</ref> In 1966, the parade for this celebration was officially renamed the Puerto Rican Parade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1027.html|title=Puerto Ricans|website=www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org|access-date=2017-03-29}}</ref> The festivities are misattributed some print news as a celebration for "Puerto Rican Independence Day."<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/06/archives/looting-vandalism-follow-chicago-riot-police-strength-stepped-up-in.html|title=LOOTING, VANDALISM FOLLOW CHICAGO RIOT|last=Times|first=Paul Delaney Special To The New York|date=1977-06-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-28|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
The celebration was in honor of [[St. John the Baptist]], for whom [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] is named.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=|title=Bilandic, Latinos, meet about riots|last=|first=|date=June 7, 1977|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=March 24, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|via=Proquest}}</ref> In 1966, the parade for this celebration was officially renamed the Puerto Rican Parade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1027.html|title=Puerto Ricans|website=www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org|access-date=2017-03-29}}</ref> The festivities are misattributed some print news as a celebration for "Puerto Rican Independence Day."<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/06/archives/looting-vandalism-follow-chicago-riot-police-strength-stepped-up-in.html|title=LOOTING, VANDALISM FOLLOW CHICAGO RIOT|last=Times|first=Paul Delaney Special To The New York|date=1977-06-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-28|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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Preliminary autopsy reports showed both Osorio and Cruz were shot in the back. The police stated that Osorio was shot while kneeling, during a firefight with two police officers. Cruz had been shot by a large caliber gun, "possibly a .36."<ref>{{Cite news|url=|title=Humboldt Park gets a cleanup|last=Ziomek, Jon|first=and Jim Casey|date=June 7, 1977|work=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> |
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'77 riot, day one: Two people were killed, fifteen police officers were injured, and approximately 3,000 people were involved.<ref>{{Cite news|url=|title=Humboldt Park riot|last=Lowe, F., &|first=Blakley, D|date=June 5, 1977|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=March 21, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|via=Proquest}}</ref> 38 police officers and 3 firefighters were injured.<ref>{{Cite news|url=|title=Outbreak of Violence Leave 2 Dead, 70 Injured in Chicago|last=|first=|date=June 6, 1977|work=The Washington Post|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> |
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116 people injured, 119 arrested during the first day. The riot began in Humboldt Park itself, near the intersection of Division Street and California Avenue. Hundreds of people had gathered in the park to celebrate [what].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=|title=2d day of Humboldt riots|last=Lowe, Frederick|first=and Blakley, Derrick.|date=June 6, 1977|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|via=Proquest}}</ref> |
116 people injured, 119 arrested during the first day. The riot began in Humboldt Park itself, near the intersection of Division Street and California Avenue. Hundreds of people had gathered in the park to celebrate [what].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=|title=2d day of Humboldt riots|last=Lowe, Frederick|first=and Blakley, Derrick.|date=June 6, 1977|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|via=Proquest}}</ref> |
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The riot began on the same day the [[Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña]] (FALN) set off a bomb in downtown Chicago. The riot led the community to hold the Division Street Puerto Rican Day Parade,<ref>Laviera, Jesús Tato. “'77 PR Chicago Riot.” ''Afro-Hispanic Review'', vol. 26, no. 2, 2007, pp. 145–183., www.jstor.org/stable/23054627.</ref> which started in 1978.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://larespuestamedia.com/leonycalderon/|title=La Negra of Chicago’s Puerto Rican People’s Parade|date=2015-06-20|work=La Respuesta|access-date=2017-03-20|language=en-US}}</ref> |
The riot began on the same day the [[Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña]] (FALN) set off a bomb in downtown Chicago. The riot led the community to hold the Division Street Puerto Rican Day Parade,<ref>Laviera, Jesús Tato. “'77 PR Chicago Riot.” ''Afro-Hispanic Review'', vol. 26, no. 2, 2007, pp. 145–183., www.jstor.org/stable/23054627.</ref> which started in 1978.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://larespuestamedia.com/leonycalderon/|title=La Negra of Chicago’s Puerto Rican People’s Parade|date=2015-06-20|work=La Respuesta|access-date=2017-03-20|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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=== Car chase with police === |
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During the riot on Sunday night, 23 year-old Luis Velasquez ran down police Sergeant William Diaz. Velasquez took off, and engaged in a chase with the police that reached speeds of 80 m.p.h.. Velasquez was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated battery, reckless driving, resisting arrest, and possession of controlled substances. |
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== Fires == |
== Fires == |
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According to a witness, Viola Sagado, by evening, the police closed off the streets surrounding Division and California. People ran through this area to avoid confrontation with the police. Others were scared, as a building fire burned, while the fire department did not respond or work to control the blaze.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p8vvwBWgSqwC&lpg=PA251&ots=A26oqlDFEn&dq=division%20street%20riots%201977&pg=PA251#v=onepage&q=division%20street%20riots%201977&f=false|title=National Performances: The Politics of Class, Race, and Space in Puerto Rican Chicago|last=Ramos-Zayas|first=Ana Y.|date=2003-07-15|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=|isbn=9780226703596|location=|pages=251|language=en}}</ref> |
According to a witness, Viola Sagado, by evening, the police closed off the streets surrounding Division and California. People ran through this area to avoid confrontation with the police. Others were scared, as a building fire burned, while the fire department did not respond or work to control the blaze.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p8vvwBWgSqwC&lpg=PA251&ots=A26oqlDFEn&dq=division%20street%20riots%201977&pg=PA251#v=onepage&q=division%20street%20riots%201977&f=false|title=National Performances: The Politics of Class, Race, and Space in Puerto Rican Chicago|last=Ramos-Zayas|first=Ana Y.|date=2003-07-15|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=|isbn=9780226703596|location=|pages=251|language=en}}</ref> |
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Four days after the riot, the body of Domingo Torres Claudio, 62, was found in the rubble of the grocery store below the apartment where he lived. On Saturday night, rioters looted the grocery store, then started a fire. When the fire department came, rioters shot at the firefighters. The building burned while the police and fire departments regrouped. Claudio was a retired factory worker and lived alone.<ref>{{Cite news|url=|title=Find body of 3d riot victim in debris of burnt building|last=Miner|first=Michael|date=June 10, 1977|work=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> |
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== Aftermath == |
== Aftermath == |
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Riot
The celebration was in honor of St. John the Baptist, for whom San Juan, Puerto Rico is named.[1] In 1966, the parade for this celebration was officially renamed the Puerto Rican Parade.[2] The festivities are misattributed some print news as a celebration for "Puerto Rican Independence Day."[3][4]
Preliminary autopsy reports showed both Osorio and Cruz were shot in the back. The police stated that Osorio was shot while kneeling, during a firefight with two police officers. Cruz had been shot by a large caliber gun, "possibly a .36."[5]
'77 riot, day one: Two people were killed, fifteen police officers were injured, and approximately 3,000 people were involved.[6] 38 police officers and 3 firefighters were injured.[7]
116 people injured, 119 arrested during the first day. The riot began in Humboldt Park itself, near the intersection of Division Street and California Avenue. Hundreds of people had gathered in the park to celebrate [what].[3]
Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (add Chicago FALN attacks)
The riot began on the same day the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN) set off a bomb in downtown Chicago. The riot led the community to hold the Division Street Puerto Rican Day Parade,[8] which started in 1978.[9]
Car chase with police
During the riot on Sunday night, 23 year-old Luis Velasquez ran down police Sergeant William Diaz. Velasquez took off, and engaged in a chase with the police that reached speeds of 80 m.p.h.. Velasquez was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated battery, reckless driving, resisting arrest, and possession of controlled substances.
Fires
According to a witness, Viola Sagado, by evening, the police closed off the streets surrounding Division and California. People ran through this area to avoid confrontation with the police. Others were scared, as a building fire burned, while the fire department did not respond or work to control the blaze.[10]
Four days after the riot, the body of Domingo Torres Claudio, 62, was found in the rubble of the grocery store below the apartment where he lived. On Saturday night, rioters looted the grocery store, then started a fire. When the fire department came, rioters shot at the firefighters. The building burned while the police and fire departments regrouped. Claudio was a retired factory worker and lived alone.[11]
Aftermath
Following the riot, members of neighborhood gangs complained of police harassment. The increased, confrontational policing maintained the tense conditions that led to the riot.[12] In the days following the riot, community members of Humboldt Park met with acting mayor Michael Anthony Bilandic to discuss the weekend's riot. After waiting three hours, the Humboldt Park residents had 20 minutes with the mayor. Puerto Rican community leaders also met with Chicago police officials and Department of Human Services officials for two hours, and expressed their concerns about the community.[1]
PR identity in Chicago in response to colonialism[13]
- ^ a b "Bilandic, Latinos, meet about riots". Chicago Tribune. June 7, 1977 – via Proquest.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Puerto Ricans". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ^ a b Lowe, Frederick, and Blakley, Derrick. (June 6, 1977). "2d day of Humboldt riots". Chicago Tribune – via Proquest.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Times, Paul Delaney Special To The New York (1977-06-06). "LOOTING, VANDALISM FOLLOW CHICAGO RIOT". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ^ Ziomek, Jon, and Jim Casey (June 7, 1977). "Humboldt Park gets a cleanup". Chicago Sun-Times.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Lowe, F., &, Blakley, D (June 5, 1977). "Humboldt Park riot". Chicago Tribune – via Proquest.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Outbreak of Violence Leave 2 Dead, 70 Injured in Chicago". The Washington Post. June 6, 1977.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Laviera, Jesús Tato. “'77 PR Chicago Riot.” Afro-Hispanic Review, vol. 26, no. 2, 2007, pp. 145–183., www.jstor.org/stable/23054627.
- ^ "La Negra of Chicago's Puerto Rican People's Parade". La Respuesta. 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ^ Ramos-Zayas, Ana Y. (2003-07-15). National Performances: The Politics of Class, Race, and Space in Puerto Rican Chicago. University of Chicago Press. p. 251. ISBN 9780226703596.
- ^ Miner, Michael (June 10, 1977). "Find body of 3d riot victim in debris of burnt building". Chicago Sun-Times.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Suro, Roberto, and Jon Ziomek (June 8, 1977). "Sweater Symbol in Humboldt area". Chicago Sun-Times.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Rinaldo, Rachel (2002-01-01). "Space of Resistance: The Puerto Rican Cultural Center and Humboldt Park". Cultural Critique (50): 135–174.