Moody Park Riot (1978) When police arrived at a Cinco de Mayo celebration in Houston’s Moody Park on the night of May 7, 1978, simmering social unrest between law enforcement and the local Mexican-American community following the 1977 murder of José Campos Torres erupted into riots. This KPRC-TV footage captures the scene on Fulton Street, where stores across a ten-block area were looted and set on fire.