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The riots began on June 3, 1943, after a group of sailors stated that they had been attacked by a group of Mexican American zoot-suiters. ... In response to these confrontations, police arrested hundreds of Mexican American youths, many of whom had already been attacked by servicemen.
<span>The Act was the enabling legislation for what is often considered to be the first modern police force, which served as the model for modern urban police departments throughout England.</span>
