[Clemenza]

As I've said on earlier threads, my father's family (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc., his parents having moved to Rahway in 1963), all lived in Newark at the time. My great uncle was a Newark City cop who told me a major problem once the National Guard was called in was that there was ZERO communication between the Guard and the NPD. As a result, they wound up shooting at eachother on occassion.

Also, during the riots, most the black owned businesses that had a "Soul Brother" sign in their windows were spared. The other businesses (largely Jewish owned, btw) along Springfield Avenue were cleaned out within minutes in some cases.

[Buffettfan]

[[The other businesses (largely Jewish owned, btw) along Springfield Avenue were cleaned out within minutes in some cases.]]

You mean like all of the Walmarts in New Orleans during Hurrican Katrina?