The Cincinnati Riot was four days of civil disorder in response to the shooting death of nineteen-year-old Timothy Thomas by Cincinnati Police Patrolman Stephen Roach.  Officer Roach was attempting to arrest Thomas for traffic citations. The riot mostly occurred in the Over the Rhine neighborhood near downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, between April 9 and April 13, 2001. The riot was the largest urban disturbance in the United States since the 1992 Rodney King Riots and caused an estimated $3.6 million in damage to 120 businesses and public buildings. Continue reading Revisit: THE CINCINNATI RIOT