A Jailhouse Riot Erupts: Knox County Faces Chaos

The riot began when a lynch mob stormed the county jail in search of maurice mays, a biracial man who had been accused of murdering a white woman.

(wmbd) — multiple staff members and kids were injured after a riot at the mary davis detention home in galesburg on wednesday.

Webricky lewis called police looking for help while high, got arrested and died within the day after rolling around in his own feces in the knox county jail.

Weba prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners.

Webthe clash that labor day weekend — one of more than 25 race riots nationwide — plunged the city into chaos for days, stained knoxville's reputation for a.

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