Editing Super Bowl XXIII (section)

===Overtown rioting===
On January 16, a Hispanic Miami police officer shot and killed a speeding black motorcyclist in the [[Overtown, Florida|Overtown]] section of Miami.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1143192/3/index.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110628213848/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1143192/3/index.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = June 28, 2011| title = "The Greatest Stories Never Told" February 02, 2004 ''Sports Illustrated''}}</ref> A large crowd gathered and turned violent, leading to rioting and looting which lasted into January 18. A television van and several automobiles and buildings were set on fire, and police used tear gas against the rioters.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.dailypress.com/1989/01/17/overtown-riot-worries-super-bowl-boosters/| title = Hessler, Warner "Overtown Riot Worries Super Bowl Boosters" (January 17, 1989) ''Daily Press''| date = January 17, 1989| access-date = February 12, 2011| archive-date = July 8, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708221612/http://articles.dailypress.com/1989-01-17/sports/8901180179_1_super-bowl-xxiii-riot-red-light| url-status = live}}</ref> A teenager was shot and killed in the melee and more than $1 million worth of damage was done.

Rumors began that the Super Bowl might be moved to [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], and the incident later prompted the NFL to look at the league's hiring of minorities and its lack of black coaches at the time (the [[1989 NFL season|following season]] [[Art Shell]] became the first African-American NFL head coach of the modern era with the [[Los Angeles Raiders]]).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1997/01/26/1997-01-26_5_super_distractions.html |title = "5 Super Bowl Distractions" (January 26, 1997) ''New York Daily News'' |website = [[New York Daily News]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110815072314/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1997/01/26/1997-01-26_5_super_distractions.html |archive-date=August 15, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>