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Burbank saw its first real civil strife as the culmination of a six-month labor dispute between the set decorators union and the studios resulted in the Battle of Burbank on October 5, 1945, a confrontation that led to the largest wave of strikes in American history. For six months, the union had been negotiating for better pay and working ...
Texar's Revenge, or, North Against South (French: Nord contre Sud) is the full title of the English translation of the novel written by the French science-fiction author Jules Verne, and centers on the story of James Burbank, an antislavery northerner living near Jacksonville, Florida, and Texar, a pro-slavery southerner who holds a vendetta against Burbank.
On the evening of March 31, 1988, 9-1-1 operators received a call from Dan Montecalvo, an ex-convict in Burbank, California, claiming that he and his wife, Carol, were shot by unknown burglars in their home. Soon after, police arrived; Carol was found dead as result of two gunshot wounds to the neck; Montecalvo was shot once in the lower back.
In June, Burbank police officers were accused of 'homeless dumping' a man outside Paul Krekorian's office in North Hollywood. But the Burbank police chief said they did nothing wrong.
The case involves a federal investigation which lasted more than ten years, with hundreds of recordings and dozens of witnesses. “On the negative side, if there’s no conviction, people might ...
One person was killed, 9 injured, 146 arson cases reported and 69 people arrested. The New York State Police and the National Guard would be called up. [16] [19] 1967 – 1967 Lima riots, July 23–26, Lima, Ohio riots began following the killing of a white man by a black man. Two cases of arson were reported and 23 arrests made. [16]
The medical examiner who ruled the 2011 death of a Philadelphia teacher found with 20 stab wounds a homicide — then later a suicide — now says he believes the case should be ruled as ...
Any number of things may cause civil disorder, whether it is a single cause or a combination of causes; however, most are born from political grievances, economic disparities, social discord, but historically have been the result of long-standing oppression by a group of people towards another.