Lino Rivera caught shoplifting; bites clerks who grab him
- Title of event
- Lino Rivera caught shoplifting; bites clerks who grab him
- Type of event
- Riot (March) - Robbery
- Persons involved
- Lino Rivera caught shoplifting; bites clerks who grab him Alleged victim Hurley, Charles (1902)
- Lino Rivera caught shoplifting; bites clerks who grab him Alleged victim Urban, Steve (1896)
- Rivera, Lino (1919) Alleged offender Lino Rivera caught shoplifting; bites clerks who grab him
- Race of actor
- Hispanic
- Race of subject of action
- White
- Address of event
- Lino Rivera caught shoplifting; bites clerks who grab him Happened Entirely at 256, W 125th St
- Report on event
- Lino Rivera caught shoplifting; bites clerks who grab him Main report referencing event Report of the Mayor's Committee on Conditions in Harlem (MCCH)
- Start date / time
- March 19, 1935
- Description
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Lino Rivera caught shoplifting. When two white clerks grabbed him, he bit both men. He was taken downstairs, and a police officer called. The store manager declined to press charges, and the officer released Rivera out the store's back entrance.