Riot

but other times people want more immediate results so they take the more violent course of action and start riots. A riot is defined as “temporary unruly collective behavior that causes damage to persons or property. Until recently the last major riot was in Los Angeles in 1992, which was a reaction to the controversy surrounding the Rodney King case since then there have been major riots in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore,…

Draft In Tulsa Oklahoma on September 16th 2016, Terence Crutcher was fatally shot by Officer Betty Jo Shelbie. The police were originally notified because there was a car stalled in the middle of the road but by the end of it, a black unarmed man was murdered in cold blood. A helicopter from above captured the video where the man was shot. He was called a “bad dude”, however was he really so? No. "That big 'bad dude' was a father," his sister said after watching the video. "That big bad dude was…

Furthermore, riots continued into Friday, December 12th where students attacked police outside the parliament building, while police responded with fired tear gas, and issued an appeal for more tear gas after supplies ran low as the result of more than 4,600 capsules of it being released against protesters. Heavy rain that evening, however, helped subside the angry crowd. However, it wasn’t the end. The protests inspired small protests in many European cities, spreading fears of copycat riots…

Greece has been at the centre of much media attention over the several months because of the riots that were caused due to the fact that it is once again undergoing changes for the purpose of paying off their large amount of debt, these riots where caused because a large amount of the Greek population are opposed to the terms of the bailout seeing them as unfair (News.com, 2015). This investigation will explore how the media chooses to report the issue using three separate reports based on the…

there was no order until more officers were deployed to the scene. The protest was so intense that the officers had to take shelter inside the club, and two policemen received injuries. After the Stonewall Riot, several days of further protest went on in New York. Because of this, the Stonewall Riot is still seen as a turning point in the collaboration of the LGBT…

A Man Called White, Walter White Jr. described his experience during the riot. Even after reading the headlines throughout the day he was not affected since such incendiary articles had been increasingly common during the months of the election. White was thirteen years old on 22 September 1906, he would often accompany his father on his mail route which he did on this day as well even though there were rumors of a race riot already in the early afternoon. In the early afternoon the Whites spot…

The Charlottesville riot of August 11, 2017 should not come as a surprise when the United States is still country struggling with racial tension. Also known as the Unite the Right rally, this event was designed to showcase the white nationalist movement within the United States. Armed with anti semitic posters, banners of swastikas, and confederate flags, it was evident that the participants were hoping to replicate the fear traditionally associated with these images. Most sociologists and media…

effect that rippled across the nation. For those of you who don’t though, the events that took place at Stonewall was a riot of freedom and life (do your research). For me, it holds more significance, not because of the actions that took place then and there, but what took place regarding the event today. The logistics of the event are debated, but many people concur that the riot was sparked by one transgender woman of color, Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson. A woman overlooked far too often in…

men from 18 to 24 years old, accounting for 30% of the arrests.” This is proven from the list of deaths in the riot, some examples are, “Ira McCurry, 45, a white man, Deandre Harrison, a 17-year-old black youth, Eduardo Vela, a 34-year-old Latino, Edward Song Lee, 18, of Korean descent.” Not only was it a black riot due to the decision of the Rodney King trial, but it was a minority riot against the years of oppression and the unfair system. Further seen here is the melting pot mentality of Los…

following the Newark Riots. The exosystem also interferes greatly because the government, political systems, laws, educational and economic systems were interconnected leading up to the riots and after. In an attempt to fight back against discrimination and injustice, the citizens of Newark were punished and remain so in a place that is physically, emotionally, and mentally broken down. Developing an alternative perspective regarding diversity, has allowed me to gain a better understanding of my…