Police fired 2,000 rounds of ammunition during the 1964 Harlem uprising

Evidence

Harlem was now occupied territory. Molotov cocktails were thrown, and the police fired 2,000 rounds of ammunition, not always into the air. Some shooting was point-blank. There were scores of injuries. People exiting the subway were swept into the melee. Police violence continued throughout the night and into the morning. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 546

Categorization

• XREF: The 2,000 rounds figure is comparable to the heavy police response in other ’60s uprisings, useful comparative data for the reader’s survey of conditions.