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The direct cause of the 1965 race riots in Watts was ________.

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The riot spurred from an incident on August 11, 1965. Marquette Frye, a young African American motorist, was pulled over and arrested by Lee W. Minikus, a white California Highway Patrolman, for suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
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