Civil rights or civil war!" chanted 4,000 demonstrators last week in the heart of San Francisco's homosexual community. They were enraged over a jury's lenient verdict of voluntary manslaughter against Dan White, a disgruntled politician who last November shot down San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, a homosexual leader.
At city hall, the demonstrators smashed windows, set nine police cruisers afire and threw bricks at the officers. "You've killed your last fag, you pig!" screamed one protester. "Get out of here, you queer!" a cop shouted back. The toll: 124...
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