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    Race Riots

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    sit-ins, protests, rallies, marches, and in some instances, riots. Whenever a race riot does occur, people frantically ask about whether it is justified or if it is the right thing to be doing. However, when looking at the fact that race riots are never random incidents, are these really the questions we should be asking? I believe that in the event of a race riot people focus on the event itself and ignore the real problems that led to the riot in the first place,…

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    London Riots

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    emerging from today’s youth. The London riots, which occurred only five years ago, were the actions that brought Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange, where youth gangs ravage the city, to life. In his article, Burgess accurately predicts a time in England when teenagers will be in control. Attempting to justify these unexplainable events, Jonathon Foreman wrote “London Aflame,” where rioters in London defy authority and act in anarchy. By showing us the events of the riots, as well as, why they…

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    Worst Race Riots Essay

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    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…

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    Animal Farm Riots

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    One commonality among the riots was the manipulation of power. On one hand the riots could be morally justified because the rioters were being manipulate to abide by the radical changes. If they did not follow the change their only choice was to suffer. On, the other hand, one could argue that the rioters did not have the means to One important perspective to consider is “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. One commonality among the riots was the manipulation of power. We see this in the novel…

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    Essay On The Regina Riot

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    There were very important protests and riots due to the lack of work during the 20th century in Canada. The most important riot was the Regina riot, a revolution that brought hope and courage to the citizens of Canada during the great depression. The government sent single, unemployed men to work in relief camps under bad conditions and little pay. These men decided to protest in Ottawa, and present their issues about the relief camps to Prime Minister R.B. Bennett. This caused violent riots…

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    The Anti-FA Riots

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    On February 1st, 2017 riots broke out on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. It was a brawl waiting to happen. The night pitted a self-described right wing provocateur, Milo Yiannopoulos, and his band of merry Trump supporters against 1,500 protesters known as Anti-Fa (short for Anti-Fascists) and the group known as By Any Means Necessary. Protesters started fires, threw fireworks at the building, attacked members of the crowd, and threw rocks at the police who were guarding…

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    Although there have been many efforts and legislations passed to end racial disputes, none have truly passed the test, as racial altercations have been an issue since the 1800’s and continues to still be a problem today. Honorable individuals such as Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, and even Rosa Parks, just to name a few, have all done their parts in trying to raise awareness to end racism in the states. One of the more prestigious racial riots is the one that blew up in Ferguson,…

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    If you were to google pictures of “war zone” and then google again “riots” you would see a lot of similarities between the images: fire, destruction, debris, thick plumes of smoke. These images will give you a good idea as to what transpired and the eventual aftermath, in the evening of the Vancouver Hockey Riot. Some would argue a series of unfortunate events, such as inadequate planning, closing liquor stores early that day, and allowing overcrowding of downtown Vancouver. However what really…

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    Berlinger, Joshua. "Baltimore Riots: A Timeline." CNN. Cable News Network, 28 Apr. 2015. Web. 12 Apr. 2016. Freddie Gray, 25 years old, was being transported in a police van after being charged with possession of an illegal switchblade. He was beaten by police while being transported to the prison, leaving him in a coma where he later died from his injuries. In the wake of Freddie Gray’s funeral riots broke out in Baltimore, buildings were looted and burned down, and rioters threw glass bottles…

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    Stonewall Riots

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    The early morning hours on June 28th 1969 marked the beginning of a new era for the gay rights movement. The Stonewall Inn, at the time one of the few establishments that openly welcomed the gay demographic, was raided by the police. Subsequently, a riot erupted amongst the arrested crowd – the first time that the gay population had protested a police raid. The incident incited several more violent demonstrations in the following days, which have been famously dubbed as the Stonewall riots. The…

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