Police riot

officer and the young man started a physical altercation that lead into the shooting death of Michael Brown. The people of the neighborhood after then started to riot in the streets wanting justice for Michael believing that he was gunned down in cold blood. At first nobody knew what to do about the rioters or the people standing up to the police because they could…

In the early 1940’s inhabitants of Los Angeles experience widespread tension and conflict that ultimately led to the Zoot Suit riots. During WWII, Southern California was a vital military outpost with stations scattered from San Diego through Los Angeles, resulting in thousands of active servicemen deployed in the area. Along with these social tensions come the influence of jazz music that developed into a rich culture that flourished throughout Los Angeles area (PBS). Big band and swing music…

Ben Torres Ms.Kasey Davis Col Prep English 6 April 2017 The Worst Race Riot in US History More than 20 years ago, my father, Danny Torres, was a member of the Los Angeles Police Department and he experienced firsthand what the Los Angeles riots were all about in 1992. When he got out of high school, my father enlisted in the United States Army. During his military service he was stationed in Panama , and many other places all over the world. July of 1989, he married his high school…

There are many different types of protest; however, the two predominant protests are, non-violent and violent. Non-Violent protests usually consist of strikes, posters, rallies, and abstaining from various procedures. Violent protests consist of riots, murders, vandalism, and damage to buildings. One example of a non-violent protest is the Rowlatt Satyagraha. The Rowlatt Satyagraha of 1919 protest took place in India. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi created a new type of protest called Satyagraha, a…

purchase the supplies. At this time SWAT teams were established to help with race tensions and riots. Police started to be viewed as an aggressive and cruel social institution. President Ronald Regan increased the amount of militarized SWAT teams to help combat the war against drugs (Schultz, 2014). This is where the criticism of SWAT began with the ACLU. It was believed that seeing police decked out in riot gear, not being able to see their faces, and carrying large guns, caused tensions…

Up until the 1960's, police had been largely viewed as law enforcers, using the law to uphold peace and order (Hoover, 2014). O.W. WIlson's book, Police Administration, written a decade earlier began to change police procedure into a more professional and academic direction. He implemented new areas of study in relation to the police work and was directly responsible for reputable institutions of higher learning adding new courses to these programs. Police were now viewed not just in an…

The Brixton Riot was an act of protest; young african americans including their friends and family in the youth community vs. Metropolitan Police of Brixton which took place on the 11th and 12th of April, 1981. During the mid 70’s the unemployment rate was a upbringing of a crisis, this occasion was particularly with the black youth of Brixton. Therefore the black youth have endless amounts of free time causing them to roam the streets. This was their way of expressing their boredom, this…

view the shooting, the riots, and the reactions to both, gives an interesting overview of just how important and unavoidable the role of power is understanding the possible motives behind the behavior of all parties involved. The events in Ferguson, because of their complicated and, in many ways, unresolved nature can be endlessly analyzed as everyone attempts to find their own answers to the motives behind the riots. Karl Marx would, unsurprisingly, view the Ferguson riots as a class issue and…

1960's, New York created police vice squads that's purpose was to raid gay bars and baths. They began using decoys to solicit and entrap gays. By 1966 over 100 men a week were arrested as a result of this effort. Police raided this Mafia-run bar several times but never escalated.(Stonewall Uprising). On June 28,1969, the Stonewall Inn was filled with customers. In this time period, it was not uncommon for police to raid gay establishments. It was just after 3a.m. when police raided the Inn…

disturbing succession of cases, of Black people, killed by white Police forces. These deaths have led to a series of riots and demonstrations, and especially revived a debate still sensitive about racial tensions in an America where the relationship between the Black community and law enforcement remain marked with a strong suspicion. Indeed, the African-American population says they are still subjected to racial profiling while police deny targeting Blacks. But this is in a similar context, in…