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The Days of Rage cost Chicago and the state of Illinois about $183,000 ($100,000 for National Guard payroll, $35,000 in damages, and $20,000 for one injured citizen's medical expenses). Of Weather, 287 members were arrested during the Days of Rage and most of the Weathermen and SDS' leaders were jailed. [21]
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National Action Network. The Rev. Al Sharpton’s civil rights advocacy group, National Action Network, is holding a march starting at 10 a.m. on Monday at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C ...
Following a 100-person anti-logging protest in the Pureora Forest, a group stayed on to climb and occupy trees on January 18, 1978. Three days later more treesitters arrived and logging was suspended for safety reasons before an indefinite hold was placed on January 24. A full logging ban was introduced three years later. [9]
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For example, if a demonstration is targeted at issues relating to foreign nation, the demonstration may take place at a location associated with that nation, such as an embassy of the nation in question. While fixed demonstrations may take place in pedestrian zones, larger marches usually take place on roads. It may happen with or without an ...
Initiatives to end the six-week sit-ins by peaceful means had failed, and the camps were cleared out within hours. [ 10 ] Human Rights Watch described the sit-in dispersals as crimes against humanity , and called them "one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history", in reference to the numerous deaths ...
Days of unrest on campus, as well as gatherings of non-student protesters outside the university’s gates, have led to safety concerns among Jewish students and prompted Columbia to move to ...