Rioting and looting followed, with people flooding out onto the streets of major cities, primarily in black urban areas.

Later the same year, around the Democratic National Convention, Chicago would once again be a place for political protest and clashes with the authorities.

The next day, Mayor Richard J. Daley imposed a curfew on anyone under the age of 21, closed the streets to automobile traffic, and halted the sale of guns or ammunition.

[4] Approximately 10,500 police were sent in, and by April 6, more than 6,700 Illinois National Guard troops had arrived in Chicago with 5,000 soldiers from the 1st Armored and 5th Infantry Divisions being ordered into the city by President Johnson.

The committee was led by judges, business leaders, lawyers, and politicians, and staffed by volunteers from law offices.

The Committee interviewed hundreds of black residents and white business owners in the area, as well as police officers, fire fighters, and local activists, but no evidence of a conspiracy was produced.

"[7] The Committee also concluded that the majority of first rioters were high school students who began taking their frustration out on white business owners.

Results of the riots include the increase in pace of the area's ongoing deindustrialization and public and private disinvestment.