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Graham, Hugh Davis, ed. Violence in America : historical and comparative perspectives ; a report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (2 vol 1969) vol 1 online; also vol 2 online; Griffin, Martin J. "The Anti-Catholic Riots in Philadelphia in 1844," American Catholic Historical Society Researches, 13 (1896) pp.50-64.
The group was a political and religious organization with anti-government, anti-technology, and anti-corporation values. It was known for its non-violent but disruptive protests at zoos, pet ...
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019) by Matt Wolf also featured footage of the group on the ABC news show Nightline. [75] [76] 40 Years a Prisoner (2020) by filmmaker Tommy Oliver chronicles the controversial 1978 Philadelphia police raid on MOVE and the aftermath that led to a Mike Africa Jr.'s decades-long fight to free his parents. [77 ...
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered by a police officer, Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [6] Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down in the street, begging for his life and repeatedly saying "I can't breathe".
As evening fell, police were seen pepper-spraying a group of protesters who were climbing onto an armored truck near a municipal services building. Protest in Philadelphia flashes from peaceful to ...
The following is a partial list of riots and protests involving violent disorder that have occurred in Philadelphia: 1704 Riot of Young Gentry in Philadelphia [1] 1715 riot by supporters of Reverend Francis Phillips, who had been arrested for stating he had slept with three prominent local women [2] 1726 riot against pillory and stocks [3]
The claim: Joe Biden condemned violence Jan. 6 but didn't condemn violent protests by BLM or antifa last summer. After supporters of President Donald Trump rioted and breached the U.S. Capitol on ...
Christians have had diverse attitudes towards violence and nonviolence over time. Both currently and historically, there have been four attitudes towards violence and war and four resulting practices of them within Christianity: non-resistance, Christian pacifism, just war, and preventive war (Holy war, e.g., the Crusades). [1]