90012_OT_13205_Dan_White_Verdict
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B-roll of a street in San Francisco on a sunny day, likely on May 22, 1979.
A person in a café reads the San Francisco Chronicle; the paper's headline reads, "Verdict on Dan White," "It’s Voluntary Manslaughter — Maximum Penalty 8 Years." Dan White murdered Harvey Milk, a member of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors. This penalty, considered a lenient sentence by many, was a precursor to SF's White Night riots, which happened as a reaction to the sentence.