Wolfe Bros. furniture and appliance store is looted by rioters in Washington, D.C. during unrest following the death of Martin Luther King. View of bed in broken store window. African American man pushes a large chest of drawers with attached mirror as he passes a fire truck. Men carry a sofa away. A looter carries two chairs. A young woman smiles as she holds a round table. A woman rushes by with a side table in a shopping cart. Several lamps are looted from the Wolfe Bros. store. Men carry a large blue upholstered chair. A boy smiles at the camera, as does a large woman carrying food.
Looters in Washington, D.C. during rioting following the death of Martin Luther King. A sign : 'Morris, Pawn Shop'. People outside the shop. People near a damaged store. They steal and carry items from the store. Broken glass of a building. People steal items from a shop.
During rioting in predominantly African American neighborhoods following the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, looters steal from Tabbs Shoe Store in Washington, D.C. A woman attempts to carry a large chair stolen from a furniture store. A man steals a case of Pet condensed milk and carries it over his shoulder as he leaves the scene.
A building burns during riots in Washington, DC following assassination death of Martin Luther King, Jr. A fire truck arrives and firemen douse the fire with water hoses. Letters "D.C.F.D." standing for District of Columbia Fire Department, seen on jackets of firemen. African American citizens on sidewalks and streets outside buildings. People looting stores and stealing goods from stores with destroyed entry ways. Three men stand near a car and they open the trunk of the car.
Civil Rights leader Roy Wilkins condemns the looting and stealing taking place during the riots following Martin Luther King, Jr. He notes that this behavior "desecrates" the memory of Dr. King.
Sammy Davis Jr. condemns rioting in an interview in the United States. He notes that it is very disheartening that people are not mourning the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. He expresses his disappointment that people are not expressing sorrow less than 48 hrs after the King's death.
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