Rodney Dangerfield

To understand the Watts Riot, one has to understand there were many causes for Negros to seek change. Many Negros in the south were subject to physical and emotional violence for many years. Negros' had decided change needed to happen in order for them to have equal treatment. Turmoil within the Negros' communities divided them; because some Negros believed the answer was to protest peacefully while many other Negros believed violence was the answer for change to happen. The Watts Riot began…

The 2005 Cronulla riots were a sequence of race riots and outbreaks of mob violence in Sydney, beginning on 11 December 2005 in the beachside suburb of Cronulla which spread, over the next few nights, to even more suburbs. The riots were focused on tensions between youths from Sydney's Lebanese and white populations. A crowd gathered at Cronulla on the morning of Sunday, 11 December 2005, and by midday, roughly 5,000 people had gathered near the beach. The gathering began peacefully, but later…

actions. Police brutality has been going on for years, there have been many instances throughout time where officers of the law have used excessive force, sometimes without proper jurisdiction when they uphold the law in certain cases. For example the Rodney King case in…

The Rodney King incident is an event that took place on March 3, 1991. Rodney King was pulled over by Los Angeles police after a high-speed chase. When the officers were able to finally to seize Mr. King they pulled him out of his vehicle and almost beat him to death. What the four police officers didn’t know is that they were being recorded by a civilian name George Holliday. After the video got to release the four officers were charges with assault with a deadly weapon and excessive use of…

Rodney Glen King lll was an American taxi driver in Los Angeles, California. Tragically, he became nationally known after being identified as the victim, beaten by Los Angeles Police Department (L.A.P.D) officers following a high- speed car chase. Due to the incident, it caused riots all over the nation. California in particular, was the initial place the riots started. Early Sunday morning around 12:30 on March 3, 1991, Rodney King, along with two additional passengers, Bryant Allen and…

history.” This was as a result of the acquittal of four police officers who beat Rodney King to near death. The estimated cost of the damage done was $1.268 billion, making it the most expensive riot ever. Riots as a direct result of police brutality still continue to this day such as the Ferguson Unrest in August 2014 and the Baltimore…

• There are three plaintiffs – Dennis Duncan, Donate Christiani, a minor, and Cynthia Fernandez. Plaintiffs claim false arrest and excessive force. Plaintiff Duncan claims that he was punched in the face, back, and chest multiple time after he intervened in a police incident where police officers had mace drawn towards a Hispanic woman, a teenage boy, and a young child. Plaintiff Duncan claims he was handcuffed, maced while on the ground, then thrown against a vehicle. Plaintiff Duncan claims he…

In the 23 years that separates the Rodney King and Michael Brown incident, there are several similarities and few differences. Both individuals were harmed by the police in their neighborhood that were supposed to serve and protect them. Excessive force was used by both police forces and then justifications were made after each incident in an attempt to clear the police officers in question. Both incidents took place in public, in areas that were already suffering from discrimination, prejudice,…

Caesar Rodney is on the back the Delaware quarter in the middle of his famous ride, yet not very many people know anything about him. This shows that he was very passionate about something, which could have been anywhere from the Delaware militia to early politics. Therefore, Caesar Rodney was a marvelous leader because he had great political ideas, military positions, and was extremely passionate for his causes. First off, Caesar Rodney did amazing things in politics, so he was able to become…

The report I chose was retrieved from ABC News and written by reporter Dennis Romero, addressing the heartbreaking shooting of an unarmed African American male name Stephon Clark who lived in Sacramento, California. This tragedy initiated a large protest by the Black Lives Matter movement in the Sacramento area. It affected the local community and an event in the community all day on a Thursday, March 22, 2018. The local community the protestors affected were five expressed highways. Protestors…