New York - What was billed as a Million Youth March drew only a few thousand people to a rally in Harlem that ended violently on Saturday after Mr Khallid Abdul Muhammad, the event's organiser, delivered a racially charged speech attacking the police.
He told members of the audience that if they were set upon, they should try to seize police officers' guns and turn them against the police. At the court-designated time for the rally to end, a police helicopter flew low over the crowd. Officers in riot gear moved in. Police turned off the generator running the sound system. About 20 people, including 15 police officers, were injured in a series of brief clashes.