article_snippet.sent: The Miami riots of 1980 were the first major "race riots" since the wave of riots spread across the nation in the 1960s.
article_snippet.sent: The immediate catalysts for the waves of riots in the 1960s before the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. were police action, or, more specifically, perceived unjust police action.
article_snippet.sent: I learned that riots in the 1960s played a role in advancing the civil rights agenda, often by galvanizing local and national government officials to work with peaceful community, church and civil rights leaders to address the root causes of riots.
article_snippet.sent: President Lyndon Johnson administration convened the Kerner Commission to examine the 1965-68 riots, and the Kerner Commission findings were that racism had led to joblessness, poverty, a lack of political power, unfair housing, police brutality and inferior schools.
article_snippet.sent: After the beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles, the Kerner Commission was established and concluded that racial profiling and excessive force, unjust treatment in the criminal justice system, poor housing, and the lack of jobs and education were triggers for the 1965-68 riots.
article_snippet.sent: After all of the 1965-68 riots, the affected city, state and national governments enacted plans and programs to address some of these underlying conditions.
article_snippet.sent: After several months of investigation, the far-reaching Justice Department report on Ferguson issued in March concluded that the use of policing to raise revenue, combined with a systemic racial bias, had led to a pattern and practice of discrimination and Fourth, 14th, Sixth and First Amendment rights violations against African-Americans in Ferguson.
article_snippet.sent: the far-reaching Justice Department report on Ferguson issued in March made recommendations that the Ferguson Police Department, as well as other departments across the country, should enact to improve police relations in communities of color.