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On May 5, 2023, protests took place across the city, including locations such as the Broadway-Lafayette Street station, the Washington Square Park, and outside the Manhattan district attorney's office, calling for criminal charges to be brought. [206] Protests were again held on May 6, 2023, at various locations in Manhattan. [207]
A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [8] [9] including police brutality and other forms of violence. [10]
The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot (1922) on Chicago race riot of 1919; Dobrin, Adam, ed. Statistical handbook on violence in America (Oryx, 1996) hundreds of tables and charts, focused on late 20th century. Feldberg, Michael, The Philadelphia Riots of 1844: A Study of Ethnic Conflict (1975); Feldberg.
Many of the schools, including Columbia University in New York City, have called in police to quell the protests. Police have so far arrested over 2,000 protesters at colleges around the country.
Donald Trump will be sworn in as president in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, after the forecast bitter cold prompted planners to move the ceremony under the building's neoclassical ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Minor wars (1,000–9,999) Conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world ...
Riots have spread across England and Northern Ireland in recent days following the killings of three young girls in Southport on 29 July.. Authorities are working to curb the serious civil ...
New York City draft riots: July 13–16, 1863 Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York: Riots expressing discontent with new draft law; white attack on blacks because of economic competition. [24] Residents of New York City New York Guard and Union Army troops restored order. Largest civil and racially-charged insurrection in American history. [25]