On this day, October 24, in 1871

A crowd of white people in Los Angeles began angrily attacking a group of Chinese Americans after the accidental death of a white man. The incident began when a large crowd of white spectators began to gather around a street fight that was taking place between two Chinese people. As the fight escalated, shots were fired and a white man accidentally killed. The White mob violence immediately followed as they began assaulting a nearby group of Chinese Americans. Homes and businesses were looted causing immense economic loss for the Chinese Community and 19 Chinese American citizens were killed. The leaders of that nights massacre all escaped punishment.