may 4, 1886 - Haymarket Square Riot
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A labor protest in Haymarket Square in Chicago turned into a riot after a bomb was thrown at a police car. The protest was against the killing and wounding of workers by Chicago police the day before. As the police came to end the protest, someone threw a bomb at them, and the riot ensued. The death toll topped at seven police and one protester. Radical foreigners were blamed for the attack, and eight were convicted because of a biased jury despite the lack of evidence. Five were sentenced to death, two had life in prison and one had 15 years. The incident divided the nation; some viewed the killed civilians as martyrs while others turned hostile towards unionists.
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