The cities that have seen protests and riots over the treatment of black citizens have all been run exclusively by Democrats for generations...sometimes for more than a century!
As the protesters demand "change," one wonders whether that includes a change in leadership. The following is a list of the American cities in which the protests have been the most widespread followed by the year in which those cities last had a Republican mayor.
Memphis, Tennessee (Never)
New Orleans, Louisiana (1872)
Atlanta, Georgia (1879)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1908)
Washington, DC (1910)
Boston, Massachusetts (1930)
Chicago, Illinois (1931)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1934)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1952)
Newark, New Jersey (1953)
Detroit, Michigan (1962)
Denver, Colorado (1963)
San Francisco, California (1964)
Baltimore, Maryland (1967)
Seattle, Washington (1969)
Cincinnati, Ohio (1971)
Hartford, Connecticut (1971)
Minneapolis, Minnesota (1973)
Cleveland, Ohio (1989)
Los Angeles, California (2001)
New York, New York (2001)