Webricky lewis called police looking for help while high, got arrested and died within the day after rolling around in his own feces in the knox county jail. It was a defining moment in. Weba prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners. The riot began when a lynch mob stormed the county jail in search of maurice mays, a biracial man who had been accused of murdering a white woman. Storming of the jail. Webthe clash that labor day weekend — one of more than 25 race riots nationwide — plunged the city into chaos for days, stained knoxville's reputation for a. (wmbd) — multiple staff members and kids were injured after a riot at the mary davis detention home in galesburg on wednesday. According to the knox. Weba riot at a juvenile home in knox county on wednesday night led to multiple injuries and some staff members being sent to area hospitals. A post card from the 1910 appalachian exposition.