The Frye brothers’ mother, Rena, showed-up on the scene and-believing police were abusing Marquette-rushed to pull the officers off of him, resulting in another fight. Marquette was knocked down by the riot baton, handcuffed and taken to the police car. Another newly-arrived officer jabbed Ronald in the stomach with his riot baton and then moved to intervene in the fight between Marquette and that officer. Ronald joined in, partly to protest the arrest but also to protect his brother.Ī crowd began to gather, and back-up police arrived under the assumption that the crowd was hostile, which resulted in a fight between someone in the crowd and an officer. As Marquette’s anger rose at the thought of going to jail, a scuffle broke out between him and one of the police officers. Marquette failed a sobriety test and panicked as he was arrested.
Stepbrothers Marquette and Ronald Frye were pulled over by a white California Highway Patrol officer while driving their mother’s car near the corner of Avalon Boulevard and 116th Street in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. on a Wednesday evening that ignited what would become known as the Watts Rebellion.
It was a low-key traffic stop around 7 p.m.
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