re: True/False: Ferguson type riots could happen in Louisiana given a similar case

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Hundreds of black people burned two stores and threw stones at whites early today after a a black man was fatally shot in what one witness described as a drug deal gone sour. A white woman was charged in the killing.

Heavily armed police sealed off a 12-block area tonight after hearing sporadic gunfire in the neighborhood where the shooting took place. There were more reports of rocks being thrown, but there were no more injuries or arrests, the police said.

Officials of this northwest Louisiana city of about 225,000 people met with black leaders today to discuss the disturbance, and afterward the black leaders warned against a recurrence of violence. State Representive Alphonse Jackson, who is black, called for a biracial anticrime committee and said: ''People want protection. I call on citizens to restore law and order.''

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Police Chief Charles Gruber said his car took a brick through the windshield and gunfire through the back passenger door. A television news car was burned and a new fire department pumper was attacked with bats and bricks.

No serious injuries were reported, which was attributed in part to Gruber's decision to let the disturbance run its course. Throughout the incident, police radios crackled with orders to maintain positions and hold fire.

At least four people were reportedly taken into custody and booked on charges ranging from inciting to riot to resisting arrest.

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Police chief came under fire at the time for saying "let it burn" or something along those lines.