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Article: Changes Made in Benton Harbor After Riots
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- June 14, 2004
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JAMES PRICHARD, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
06-14-2004
Dateline: BENTON HARBOR, Mich.
Benton Harbor residents watch a house burn on Empire Street in Benton Harbor, Mich., June 17, 2003. A year ago, this distressed, mostly black Lake Michigan city of about 11,200 residents experienced two nights of rioting sparked by the death of a black motorcyclist during a high-speed police chase. (AP Photo/Mark Bialek)
It's been a year since the death of a motorcyclist here brought simmering tensions between police and residents to a boil in two nights of fierce, racially charged rioting. While problems persist in this chronically depressed city, something new has taken hold: a sense of civic pride.