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Revision as of 20:37, 26 July 2007 by Dtamaraclewis (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The worst racial riots in the city's history occurred when a Puerto Rican motorist was beaten by city police and died in August 1971. Sections of downtown were looted and torched. This caused a great uproar of the Hispanic commmunity in the city. As a result of the riot, the city of Camden, rapidly spiralled to its downfall to become of America's most dangerous cities.
The white middle class began its exodus to the surburbs -- a process accelerated by the city's 1971 riots as well as the lure of the new economic engine created by the then-unique Cherry Hill Mall which opened in 1961.