Crime & Safety
Crown Heights, 30 Years Later: Looking Back On The Riot That Tore The City Apart
A cauldron of simmering racial tensions and polarizing politics grabbed the national spotlight.
August 20, 2021
Thursday marks 30 years since a riot in Crown Heights tore the city apart.
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A cauldron of simmering racial tensions and polarizing politics grabbed the national spotlight and ripped the bandage off wounds that continue to fester.
CBS2’s political reporter Marcia Kramer takes a look back at how what then-Mayor David Dinkins called the city’s “gorgeous mosaic” came apart.
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