Responding to the Raleigh Riots, April 1968

Summary Chart


Created April 20, 2018

  4/4 Thu 4/5 Fri 4/6 Sat 4/7 Sun 4/8 Mon 4/9 Tue 4/10 Wed 4/11 Thu
Rioting Starts 9:15 a..m. Ends ~2:00 a.m.

Starts 1:25 p.m.
Ends soon-ish.
Relatively light damage overnight.

"Spotted reports of gun fire and an occasional tossed fire bomb."
No police calls from 6:33 a.m. to 9:58 a.m.

Two incidents property damage during night
Relatively quiet.

One incident property damage overnight.

Completely quiet from 2:00 a.m. to after 4:00 a.m.
One incident
property
damage
overnight
 
Building Fires
with Damage
1 (RRM warehouse) 3 2 1 (Green Brothers)   1 (Shamrock Apts)    
Car Fires with Damage 1 1       2 1  
Fire Bombs   5   4        
False Alarms 8 5   3 3 3   5
Fire Calls
(as reported
by RT list)
16 13 9 10 4 12 4 12
Curfew   Starts 1:00a
Ends 6:00a

Starts 5:00p
Ends 6:00a

Starts 6:00p
Ends 6:00a

Starts 6:00p
Ends 6:00a

Starts 6:30p
Ends 5:30a

Starts 8:00p
Ends 5:00a

Starts ____
Ends _____

Ended
Arrests During Curfew   51 (after dark)

14 (curfew violations, after dark)
  89 (after dark) 20 (overnight) 40 (after dark) TBD  
State of
Emergency
  Starts 1:00 a.m. yes yes yes yes yes Last
Day
ABC ban   Enacted yes yes yes yes Last
Day
 
National Guard First members alerted at homes by 10:00 p.m. Began arriving after midnight

Started patrolling at 5:30 a.m.
Total 1,340 assigned to Raleigh area yes yes yes yes Last leave in p.m.
Injuries Included... 22 people injured overnight, including at least two policemen.   11:47 p.m., one injury, MVC Police officer
overnight
       
Notes                


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