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Benton Harbor: after the fire; A small riot in the Midwesth caught national attention two years ago. Help and photo-ops arrived but that hasn't stopped the decline in the Rust Belt.(feature)
The story was everywhere: riot in a black Midwestern town. It was mid-June 2003, and televisions nationwide showed houses and cars on fire, angry crowds throwing bricks and dozens of heavily armed police officers looking overwhelmed. Reporters said the violence flared up after white police officers chased a black motorcyclist who crashed and died; people in one of the poorest areas of Benton Harbor, a Southwest Michigan city of about 11,000, were letting the world know they were tired of being targeted by police and shut out of jobs.
Benton Harbor is a run-down, isolated place, many stories then reported, citing census data that contrasted the town with its ...
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