White Night riots

In the wake of this tragedy, yet another injustice arose.

In a highly controversial verdict, White received a sentence of only seven years and eight months, a decision that sparked uproar throughout the city in what became known as the White Night riots.

But even after his death, Milk continued to preach his hopeful cause.

He left his friends and followers a total of three different tapes to be played in the event of his assassination.

Let's listen to the rest of this.

On the night of May 21, 1979, in what has come to be known as the White Night Riots, the queer community of San Francisco was outraged and wanted justice for the murder of Harvey Milk.

The outraged queers went to City Hall, where they smashed the windows and glass door of the building.

The riotous crowd took to the streets, disrupting traffic, smashing storefronts and car windows, disabling buses and setting 12 San Francisco police cruisers on fire.

Flames rose in front of the building where Milk and Moscone had been killed.

The scene became known as the White Night Riots.

Thousands of demonstrators were present, and the fighting left scores of civilians and police officers injured.

The anger was aimed at more than White.