Riots

Violence has become an engrained part of prison culture and it is an age-old problem in our society. This violence is not just between inmates, it also takes place between inmates and guards or prison employees. In some cases, violence can lead to riots and also the death of inmates and/or prison staff. People are sentenced to prison as a punishment for dangerous and violent crimes which they have committed against individuals and therefore against society. It is ironic that even though…

around the nation are over militarized and instead of a riot shield barrier between the police and its community I advocate for the police personnel to actually be a part of the community they are working in and to become more involved and therefore cause less harm to the public. “To serve and protect”, this has become a common phrase to associate with police, but is this actually how police departments…

political issues. According to the American Yawp textbook, “Racial violence in the Reconstruction period took three major forms: riots against black political authority, interpersonal fights, and organized vigilante groups.” Racial fights were rampant in the South, because the white people didn’t want to recognize the former African American slaves as free people. This led to many riots, acts of violence, and many trying to interfer with the freedom with the black people. The next problem was…

The rational choice theorist approach explains Laurell Glenn participation in a peaceful student rally for justice following the death of Freddie Gray who died while in police custody and her worries about police behavior toward the black community. Laurell rational choice was to choose peace instead of rioting and participant of the destruction of her community. Nevertheless, Laurell was deviant in participating in a rally, but necessary to action to bring awareness to others about the police…

immediate and firm “Absolutely. Very easily.” Several other guards expressed the same concerned and even the example of Attica prison and the Hostage situation at JTVCC. History Attica is a very famous prison in New York. 1,281 inmates decided to start a riot in D yard and taking 39 total hostages. The standoff went on for 4 days before the president decided to stop negotiating with the inmates and take the facility back by force. On September 13, 1971 10 hostages and 29 inmates were killed; 89…

colonial currency. People who violated the Stamp Act was prosecuted by the Vice-Admiralty Courts. These courts have no juries and are held everywhere. These courts were also ruled the British Empire. The tax collectors were attacked from British goods to riots. One day a bunch of colonists got together to talk about how they were going to rebel against The Stamp Act. They started to talk about why there is taxes on certain papers and anything that is paper. Then there was a group of people…

Introduction Textual sources are staples of academic evidence that help analyze and piece together historical narratives, they these sources have a major limitation. This limitation is that textual sources cannot produce as strong of emotions for readers compared to non-textual sources. For example, the murder of Emmett Till is painful moment from the Civil Rights Movements that is difficult to grasp from the description alone. However, when you view photos of Till’s beaten and bloated corps,…

Chaos in Paris as annual May Day march turns into mass riot in protest against Marine Le Pen More than 9,000 police have been drafted in for the march which descended into carnage as officers were forced to use tear gas and shooting to control the violence. Chaos erupted on the streets of Paris as a May Day workers march saw riots break-out in protest against Marine Le Pen. Fighting broke out in central Paris during a rally held close to the Place de la Bastille, where protestors shouted…

included race riots, lynching and various murders. There were many large groups and organization that were causing these acts of racial violence in large numbers. Many of these groups were created by people who felt the need to maintain white supremacy in our country. The members of the racist societies saw black people as a threat because of the idea that they held a greater power now than ever before. Race riots took place throughout the nation. One of the deadliest race riots in our…

yourself fighting for your life. That’s exactly what happened on April 15, 1989, in Sheffield, England. The game was being held at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. The tournament game was a semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The riot that broke out at the Hillsborough Stadium resulted in chaos and the deaths of many innocent soccer fans. The security noticed that there were a lot of people waiting outside, so they decided to just let them in, and it became way too…