I never expected to see a bit of Albuquerque history on Axios,
but here it is! After the unrest of the Sixties, people had a pretty good sense of their rights. They wouldn't take crap from the police.
Activists in Albuquerque this week commemorated the 50th anniversary of one of the first modern Mexican American rebellions against police over discrimination and harassment.
Why it matters: The "Albuquerque uprising" is part of the forgotten history of protests against police mistreatment of Latinos in the 1960s and 1970s. Since the murder of George Floyd, Latino advocates have tried to draw attention to that history and the often-overlooked police violence against Hispanics today.
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