What is 2012 Anaheim riots?
On 21 July 2012, police shot and killed a man, Manuel Diaz, in the Anna Drive neighborhood in [[Anaheim, California]], [[United States]]. A [[riot]] happened for a few nights. ==Background== Anna Drive is a poor neighborhood. It is known for having many criminals, including [[drug dealer]]s. Manuel Diaz was one of them. He and some of his friends were gathering in an alley and threw [[heroin]] on a roof. Police came and chased him through the [[ghetto]]. Then they shot him in the buttocks and head. He later died at the hospital. ==Riots== People started getting angry. They came to Anna Drive and started protesting. Soon most of east Anaheim was fighting police. Trash cans were burnt while people went crazy and broke shop windows. The fourth night was the most violent. Police had to shoot people with fake bullets. Two reporters were hurt. ==Response== The mayor had the [[FBI]] look at the shooting carefully. Another man, Joel Acevedo, was shot the next day and died too, making it the sixth deadly police shooting in one year. The events also highlighted the divide between the poor west and central parts of Anaheim, where more than half of the population is [[Hispanic]], and the east, where most of the police come from. {{DEFAULTSORT:Anaheim riots, 2012}} [[Category:2012 crimes in the United States]] [[Category:2012 in California]] [[Category:2010s riots]] [[Category:2010s crimes in California]] [[Category:History of Anaheim, California|2012 riots]] [[Category:July 2012 events]] [[Category:Riots in the United States]]