White Night Riots: San Francisco Burns After Dan White's Lenient Verdict
Thousands of San Francisco residents flooded City Hall after a jury convicted Dan White of voluntary manslaughter rather than murder for killing Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. The resulting White Night riots forced a reckoning within the city's political landscape, accelerating the election of openly gay officials and shifting local law enforcement policies toward greater protection for LGBTQ communities.
May 21, 1979
47 years ago
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