29 years ago today, on October 24th, 1996 (September 13th, 1996 in the lunar calendar), riots broke out in Florida, USA. On October 24th, 1996, a serious riot broke out in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, and 11 people were injured, 7 of whom were policemen; There were 20 arrests. The riot was caused by two white police officers shooting at a black man driving a car and killing him. According to reports, at about 5: 30 pm local time, a black man drove a car speeding in the commercial district of the city. Two white policemen came forward to stop it, and there was an argument between the two sides. The police said that because the black man disobeyed command, didn't stop immediately and had the intention to escape, the police shot at him. But witnesses said that the black man driving the car didn't stand up with the police, and there was no reason for the police to shoot him. The black man driving the car died on the way to the hospital after being shot. The accident occurred near the area where blacks lived concentrated. Angry crowds flocked to the business district, throwing stones, bricks, glass bottles and setting fire to cars. The riots started in a few blocks and quickly expanded to others. That night, the local authorities dispatched more than 500 policemen to stop the riots. It was not until 3: 30 a.m. the next day that the situation began to calm down. By the 25th, a large number of policemen were still patrolling the city. City officials in St. Petersburg are meeting with leaders of black communities in an effort to avoid another riot. Analysts believe that the occurrence of this riot is by no means accidental, but has its profound social background, reflecting one aspect of racial contradictions in American society. The police in the United States have always believed that the crime rate in areas where blacks live concentrated is high, and crimes such as drug trafficking and drug abuse are serious. The black man who was speeding that day "had the intention to escape" after being stopped by the police, so he shot him. But if the driver is a white man, even if he is driving illegally, I'm afraid the police won't flatly shoot him. This can't help but be a thought-provoking question. Since 1995, more than 30 black churches in nine southern states of the United States have been set on fire, causing great dissatisfaction among the black people. A series of incidents show that the long-standing racial discrimination and racial conflicts in the United States are far from eliminated. Although the United States officially announced the abolition of black slavery as early as 1860s, black people still suffer from racial discrimination, and black people's human rights have been seriously violated in many aspects. Although the United States legislates prohibit racial discrimination, discrimination policies have penetrated into almost all fields. In recent years, racial discrimination in American society has appeared a comeback.