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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> |
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> |
'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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Background
Eleven years earlier, beginning on June 12, 1966, the Division Street riots rocked Humboldt Park, Chicago. Puerto Ricans were gathered in the streets, celebrating after a parade downtown.[2] The celebration was in honor of St. John the Baptist, for whom San Juan, Puerto Rico is named.[3] In 1966, the parade for this celebration was officially renamed the Puerto Rican Parade.[4] The festivities are misattributed in some print news as a celebration for "Puerto Rican Independence Day."[5][6] The riot began after a white police officer shot and wounded a young Puerto Rican man, and continued for three days, in spite of police efforts. The riot signified the difficult conditions Puerto Ricans faced in Chicago, including high unemployment, low income, racial discrimination, poor housing, and inadequate education.[7] In the aftermath of the riot, new community organizations and community leaders more actively engaged in city politics to work to improve conditions for Puerto Ricans in Chicago.[8]
In 1977,
Riot
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."[9]
'77 riot, day one: Two people were killed, fifteen police officers were injured, and approximately 3,000 people were involved.[10] 38 police officers and 3 firefighters were injured.[11]
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].[5]
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,[12] which started in 1978.[13]
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.[14]
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.[15]
Aftermath
After the riot, police Superintendent James Rochford issued a gag order, preventing police officers from discussing the events in Humboldt Park.[16]
Following the riot, members of neighborhood gangs complained of police harassment. The increased, confrontational policing maintained the tense conditions that led to the riot.[17] 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.[3]
PR identity in Chicago in response to colonialism[18]
References
- ^ Casey, Jim and Larry Weintraub, "Rochford backs cop who shot 2 in riot." Chicago Sun-Times. July 15, 1977.
- ^ "Neighborhood fight ; Activists push to keep Puerto Rican pride alive in Humboldt Park". Chicago Tribune. June 12, 2006 – via Proquest.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Padilla, Felix M. (1987). Puerto Rican Chicago. University of Notre Dame Press. p. 145-147.
- ^ Padilla, Felix M. (1987). Puerto Rican Chicago. University of Notre Dame Press. p. 155.
- ^ 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) - ^ Humboldt pk.--troubled 'island' without clout. (1977, Jun 12). Chicago Tribune (1963-Current File) - via Proquest.
- ^ 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.