The White Night Riots happened 40 years ago. What has changed?

May 22, 2019 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES, LIFESTYLES Comments Off on The White Night Riots happened 40 years ago. What has changed?
A protestor kicks a police car during the White Night Riots in San Francisco on May 21, 1979. (Image: Public domain)

On November 27, 1978, Dan White walked into San Francisco City Hall with a loaded gun. Moments later, Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk, a politician and gay rights activist, had been murdered.

White was convicted six months later, not of…