There is unrest across the nation as Americans seek justice for the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Floyd was a handcuffed black man who had been crying out for air and for his mother while a white police officer held him down with a knee to his neck. Now, hundreds of thousands seek to the streets to protest in the midst of a highly contagious pandemic.

Riots are exploding across major cities, made viral through social media, and President Donald Trump tweeted “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Those who recall Miami’s period of civil unrest in the late 1960s remember that this was not the first time this phrase has been used, but rather by late Miami Police Chief Walter Headley on Dec. 17, 1967. In the front page of the Miami Herald, Headley vowed to have his officers use a “get tough policy” in lieu of community programs to cut crime in black neighborhoods. Trump’s tweet has since been flagged for glorifying violence.