What was the Haymarket Riot and what was the outcome of the riot?

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Fletcher Aguirre

4 June, 10:03

What was the Haymarket Riot and what was the outcome of the riot?

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Kamora Stanley · Answer 1

On May 4, 1886, a labor protest rally near Chicago'sHaymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Despite a lack of evidence against them, eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing.