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<br />Ramsey County | Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan 97 <br />Table 29. Notable Human-Caused Hazard Incidents in Ramsey County, MN <br />Date Type Deaths/ <br />Injuries <br />Property <br />Damage <br />Description <br />July 20, 1967 Civil <br />unrest <br />0/24 $4.2M In response to a pre-meditated plot by Black <br />Panther leader Stokely Carmichael. Widespread <br />violence, including rock and bottle-throwing at <br />law enforcement and fires set to businesses <br />along Plymouth Avenue, quickly engulfed the <br />area and lasted three days. <br />April 4, 1968 Civil <br />unrest – <br />Active <br />shooter <br />1/0 u/k Following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther <br />King, a wave of protesters marched in the <br />streets but remained non-violent. One <br />individual, stating anger at King’s death, vowed <br />to avenge it by killing the first white man he saw <br />and did so using a .45 caliber weapon. <br />September 1, <br />2008 <br />Civil <br />unrest <br />0/0 u/k In a crowd of 10,000 protesters at the <br />Republican National Convention, a group of <br />approximately 300 turned to civil unrest and <br />broke windows, slashed tires, and harassed <br />delegates. Arrests led to the discovery of <br />additional weapons including Maltov cocktails. <br />May 26, <br />2020 <br />Civil <br />unrest <br />2/0 $350M In response to the death of George Floyd, public <br />outrage developed into the second-most <br />destructive period of civil unrest in U.S. history, <br />after the 1992 Los Angeles riots. <br />December 2, <br />2020 <br />Cyber <br />attack <br />0/0 None <br />reported <br />A vendor that provides technology services to <br />Ramsey County advised the county that its <br />security had been breached by a hacker seeking <br />to extort payment through a ransomware <br />scheme. Information of up to 8,700 clients of <br />the Family Health Division may have been <br />compromised. <br />July 19, 2024 Cyber <br />outage <br />0/0 None <br />reported <br />A technical problem of global cybersecurity firm <br />CrowdStrike caused software failures across the <br />country, including Ramsey County. Of most <br />significance, hospitals and airports were <br />impacted, disrupting operations. <br /> <br />3.14.5 PROBABILITY <br />Human-caused hazards are relatively rare compared to other hazards but have the potential for <br />significant impacts. <br />3.14.6 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS <br />Climate change may influence human-caused hazards in several ways: