Buildings were looted and burned in the predominantly black neighborhood. Federal assistance is pumped into the city to address the economic and racial problems identified as underlying factors in the riots. Two sheriff's deputies brutally beat two illegal immigrants from Mexico. The beatings were captured on videotape by a helicopter hovering overhead. Racial tensions heat up in Pittsburgh after an all-white jury acquitted a white policeman in the death of a black motorist.
Investigators say the motorist suffocated in a scuffle with officers during a traffic stop.
Two other suburban Pittsburgh officers face a retrial in the case after their trial ended in a mistrial. Copyright 1996 Associated Press. All rights reserved.