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After the police shot a man in Englewood, hundreds of people rioted in Northern Chicago. The riots primarily targeted the Magnificent Mile, where dozens of stores were looted, causing over $60 million in damage. [7] The rioters clashed with police, wounding at least 13 police officers and inflicting damage upon police cars.
June 2: In Paris, at the end of a large unauthorized demonstration that protested the murder of George Floyd and the death of Adama Traoré, rioters destroyed street furniture and set fire to construction equipment, and a large number of demonstrators attempted to block a boulevard. Police dispersed the crowd with tear gas and arrested 18 ...
A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners.. Academic studies of prison riots emphasize a connection between prison conditions (such as prison overcrowding) and riots, [1] [2] [3] or discuss the dynamics of the modern prison riot.
Former Capitol Police officers present during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection said President-elect Trump’s commitment to pardon rioters is “a betrayal.” “It’s a betrayal, a stab in the ...
The most notable arson damage was to the Minneapolis Police Department's third precinct police station that was overrun by demonstrators and set on fire the night of May 28. [1] A few blocks away from the police station the same night, Oscar Lee Stewart Jr. died from inhalation and burn injuries after being trapped inside a pawn shop that had ...
The man suspected of plowing a truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's, killing 14 people and injuring 35 others, pledged his support to ISIS, the FBI said Thursday. The ...
The officers quickly got the shooter handcuffed, Boyd said. But he didn’t stay quiet. “He loses his mind in the handcuffs and tries to get up and starts cussing and being aggressive,” Boyd said.
The majority of deaths occurred during the Battle of the Viaduct, where workers threw stones and fired at police who then returned fire. 30+ 100+ May 4, 1886 Labor Haymarket affair - An unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police during what was an otherwise peaceful rally for striking workers. Police then opened fire on the crowd and in ...