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Events on Tuesday 8 June 1943 1
1943Zoot Suit RiotsServicemen attack Mexican American youths in Los AngelesUS servicemen roamed Los Angeles attacking young Mexican Americans who wore zoot suits. They stripped and beat their victims, and the police largely arrested the victims rather than the attackers. The violence ended after military authorities declared the city off-limits to personnel.