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Protests, Riots and Civil Unrest

Protests are often held as peaceful demonstrations. However, during times of civil unrest, a small spark can set off a violent riot. Protests have happened all over the world, and are sometimes history-changing events.

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Why have there been some protests against China and the Olympic Games being held there?

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Countries bid to host the Olympics, the IOC votes on the final selection. All IOC members can vote except those who represent or live in a country that is participating in the bidding process. Prior to the voting bids go through a nomination process in country, then bids are submitted to the IOC, paperwork goes out from the IOC that must be returned then bids are scored. Typically there are 4 countries in the final bid process, site visits are made and reports are made by the IOC, before the vote each candidate city makes a presentation.

they usually have the Olympics because countries bid to have the Olympics and abviestly they usually bid the highest bid. and my personal opinion they have the best birds nest in the hole. world

In baseball what happens to the game if the manager is right with the protest?

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Umpires go inside to review tape and then they make the ruling. Players could also be sent out of rhe game.

What did Muhammad Ali protest for?

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Boxing! But seriously, you are probably thinking about the preacher Muhammad. If you put Ali at the end of that name, you are talking about the famous boxer.

Back to the point, Muhammad started a new religion called Islam. Allah is Islam's god. He started preaching after the angel Gabriel appeared to him. He had many scholars, and after his death, they wrote about his life and preachings in a book they call the Qur'an, the Islam "bible" if you wanna put it that way.

What happened the bastion point protest?

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In the 1970's at Bastion Point, New Zealand, there were Māori protests against forced land alienation by non Māori New Zealanders.

On May 25, 1978, 800 police and the New Zealand army were used to forcibly remove the occupiers and destroy the temporary buildings including vegetable gardens and a meeting house, which were constructed to accommodate the living during the protest. Two hundred and twenty two protesters were arrested. The occupation and use of force to end it played a part in highlighting injustices against Māori, and the occupation was a major landmark in the history of Māori protest.

In the 1980s New Zealand Government formally apologized and returned the land to Ngāti Whātua with compensation, as part of the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process. A documentary supporting the protest by filmmaker Merata Mita was made about the takeover of Māori land. It is titled "Bastion Point Day 507" and it uses various video footage of the forceful land takeover. source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_Point

How did the colonists protest the to townshend acts?

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They would stop trade with all british. They destroyed british goods in the colonies. They basically rebeled.
Vowed to not imprt British goods.

What sparked the anti-government protests in Tunisia in January 2011?

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The immediate cause of the protests was the suicide of 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi on December 17. He could not find a job after graduating, and sold vegetables on the street in the town of Sidi Bouzid. When the police took up his trade because he was not licensed, he lit himself on fire in despair.

What is the reason for all the protests in Egypt in January 2011?

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Dictator Mubarak was America's man. All Arab people hate Israeli invasions. After the '' one minute '' shock of the Turkish president (non Arab leader) Arabs realized that their leaders (not only Egypt all Arabs) do not represent their people. Adding this fact, the unemployement and poverty and unjustice the result will bring democracy to Egypt and all Arab countries now.

What race riot erupted in this neighborhood of los angeles in 1965 lasting approximately six days?

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find it in yahoo u bums fly like turkeys hahhahahahaha its seriously on clitgames.com

Why did civil rights leaders want to protest on Birmingham?

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Civil rights leaders want to protest on Birmingham because it was a KKK stronghold and Martin Luther King described it as America's worst city for racism.

What were the main causes of the Burma road riot?

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Basically there was only one main cause, which was a dispute of wages , but other underlying facts were

  • Political Disadvantages
  • Poor Health and educational facilities
  • Inadequate housing
  • Racial segregation

Why are there riots in England 2011?

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This is well debated in the UK.

It was reported to have started because a man with a loaded gun was shot dead by the police after he was supposed to have fired on them. It turned out that the man had not used his gun against the police that tragic day, but the police had feared for their safety.

(It is illegal to carry any weapon in public in the UK and all guns and firearms must be licenced and registered).

Several days later saw the first rioting on the streets on the night of Saturday 6th August 2011. These riots continued over the next 3 nights in cities around England. Manchester, Birmingham, London amongst them. Adults, teenagers and children as young as nine were seen on CCTV looting and burning down shops and peoples homes, and causing havoc on the streets, smashing up vehicles and attacking the police. The simplicity of using social websites and mobile phones made it easy to spread the word and organise riots elsewhere.

The Police have already caught many of the perpetrators by trawling the CCTV and media images, also some disgusted parents have come forward and named their child or teenager as being involved in the riots after seeing them on TV news editions. The courts have been running 24 hours in the bid to clear as many cases as possible. Many of the convicted showed no remorse for their criminal behaviour and were unfearful of their prospected punishment. There have been some surprising convictions too. A millionaires daughter, a primary School teacher and a female Ambassador for the 2012 Olympic games.

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In my opinion it has a lot to do with the unrest and abandonment British underclasses are feeling at present. But it is not just this problem alone that is causing the riots and looting we have seen this week in London and other towns and cities around the Country. There are a number of reasons why this happened.

The Governments removal of discipline in Schools goes back a generation or two now but this was the beginning of a lack of respect given by a lot of children to adults in our Schools and public life. These children grew up into adults with no respect for anyone or anything and have passed this culture on to their own children. Each generation therefore gets worse and worse for poor behaviour.

I believe bringing discipline back into daily life at home and in Schools is the key to getting Britain back on the right path. Of Course, this alone will not solve the problems, and we have a couple of generations of louts in our society already that needs dealing with.

The Government should forget about the 'Human Rights' laws for now and concentrate on sorting out what needs to be done for the benefit of the Country as a whole.

These looters and rioters need catching and given harsh penalties. They need to learn what is right from wrong ! It makes no difference what nationality or culture they are from. Wrong is wrong. They all ran around in packs together looting shops and businesses without regard to who they were stealing from or setting fire too. They acted like savages in the 17th century !

The Government should also start a new National Service training for at least a year for all School leavers of whatever nationality or culture who have not got University places or a job within 6 months of leaving. No going home because you feel sick etc. This should be compulsory to all able bodied. This will instill a pride and loyalty to our own Country.

Benefits should not be paid to migrants coming to sit around and do nothing. Again, 6 months and it stops. Either get a job or go back to where you came from. There is a lot of resentment to the amount of migrants still influxing into the UK and draining the benefit system whilst growing ghetto's in lovely seaside towns ruining these areas. Resentment is not only because of the cut backs but because this Government is robbing innocent genuine claimants, especially the disabled who are enduring cuts, when instead they need better help, and giving the benefits to migrants.

Stop the drink culture that causes so many problems on the streets of Britain. People never used to roam the streets causing offence to others with a can of Special Brew or bottle of White Lightning in one hand. This is the Governments making with it's liberal drinking laws.

Expel all terror incitement causing individuals or groups and illegal immigrants from the Country immediately with no appeals.

These people in charge of the Country certainly know how to rub people up the wrong way. It's no surprise we have the beginnings of riots and civil unrest. We need and aspire to the old ways again. Forget European laws, they are not working.

Our leaders can afford to go on holidays several times a year living it up in some continental idyllic location having swindled their expenses from tax payers and running the Country into the ground. They get away with lenient punishments and rub the ordinary citizens noses in it while we are suffering the worst recession for decades then wonder what is going wrong ! They do need to wake up to the real Britain now and not later.

What kind of disturbance happened in New York City in July of 1863?

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The New York City Draft Riots took place from July 13 to July 16 of 1863. When US Army recruiters began the conscription process in the city, large crowds of immigrant workers among other NYC citizens, staged the largest civil insurrection in US history. Much of th crowds hatred was turned against Blacks, as these innocent people were, in the minds of many rioters, one reason there was a US Civil War. Also, because wealthy shipping owners and dock managers often hired Blacks as "strike breakers" against immigrant workers, the angry crowds attacked Blacks on the streets of the city.

Only 20,000 troops sent from Gettysburg used force, including howitzers, to end the riots.

What was the Chicago Riot of 1886?

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The Chicago Riot of 1886 is also known as the "Haymarket affair" occurred on May 4, 1886 in Chicago. It began as a rally in support of striking workers. An unknown person threw a bomb at police as they dispersed the public meeting. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of eight police officers, mostly from friendly fire, and an unknown number of civilians. In the internationally publicized legal proceedings that followed, eight anarchists were tried for murder. Four men were convicted and executed, and one committed suicide in prison, although the prosecution conceded none of the defendants had thrown the bomb.

Why did angry mobs riot in New York City in July of 1863?

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The New York City Draft Riots took place from July 13 to July 16 of 1863.

The city's poor were very angry about being drafted to fight in the Civil War. The U.S. Civil War was an incredibly bloody one, which made being drafted seem like a death sentence. And the draft favored the rich, as anybody who was drafted could avoid going to war by paying $300 and finding a substitute to fight for him. Only the rich could afford to do that.

The immigrant population was especially angry about the draft, as they were often drafted to fight only a few weeks or months after they became citizens. They felt it was unfair that they were being asked to fight and die for a country that they had only just recently moved to. At the time, the Irish were New York City's largest immigrant population, so their voices were the loudest. But the rioters consisted of immigrants of many different nationalities, as well as the city's native-born working class.

Rioters blamed blacks for causing the Civil War, and they also feared that if the slaves were freed, they would come up north and take all of the working-class jobs.

The Draft Riots began on the morning of the first day of Draft Week (Monday, July 13, 1863). The riot started with the burning of the Draft offices, and lasted for three terrifying days. The rioters looted, smashed, and burned countless shops, offices, and homes of the rich. They attacked anyone and everyone who was either black, a policeman, or a well-dressed, rich-looking person. Countless blacks were brutally lynched in the streets. An orphanage for black children was even burned to the ground.

What was the cause of the New York draft riots?

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During the start of American Civil War in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln called upon volunteers in order to fight and preserve the Union against the newly formed Confederate southern states who started the war when they attacked Union troops stationed in Fort Summer, South Carolina. Two years after the Civil War begins, the North noticed they had shortage of manpower and they were look like as the Confederates were beginning, if not, win the war to stay separate from the United States of America and continued to brutally enslave the black population.

So the Federal government in Washington DC found a solution and passed the newly conscription act that drafted unmarried men of age 20-45 in order to fight in an ongoing American Civil War against the Confederacy. African-Americans weren't considered American citizens back then and were exempted. Many European immigrants, mostly Irish, were enraged when they heard of this draft. At that time, New York City had the largest Irish population of all European immigrants. Most of them moved to America to escape the Potato famine and harsh treatment from the British Crown.

The only way to avoid going into war was to pay a $300 fee or hired a substitute to take place for them. Most wealthy business man have all the money to pay $300 to avoid going into war to hired a substitute and the poor had to go to war and fight. Many European immigrants were angry about this as they see it as a rich men's war and a poor man's fight. The poor could not afford to have $300 because at that time they were only getting $2 a week for work. The Irish immigrants felt it was unfair as they recently moved to the USA for a better life. What fuels the immigrants the most was the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 that Lincoln said regarding the issue of black slavery, causing most of them to blame the blacks for the cause of the American Civil War and the Conscription Act. The poor Irish felt that the blacks that were freemen in the states of the North were their direct competition for the low-paying jobs that were available to them. This was a slap in the face to be forced to fight and die for the same people that they had no favor with.

In July 13, 1863, most of the crowd in New York City began gathering outside to hear their names drawn in the draft to fight for the Union. The mob decides to protest about the unfair treatment of the draft as they felt they were forced to fight in a war they didn't want to fight. At first, they originally wanted to target the draft but then something add fuel to the fire. Mobs begins to grow violent and attacked people that look like rich businessmen and buildings that they own. In addition to it, they also targeted blacks as like i stated felt that they were a threat to the jobs and cause of the American Civil War as well as the Conscription Act. They began lynching anyone that is black and any race that supported to them such as business owners, brothels, etc and so on. The mobs also burned down a Black orphanage leaving the patients homeless and killed. The riots would last from Monday to Friday, that's five days.

When the riots started, New York City barely had no military at all as the New York State National Guard was sent to assist and help Union troops in the bloody battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, leaving the New York City Police Department (NYPD) the only force to quell down the riot. The 800 men police force, only armed with revolvers and clubs, were no match for the 20,000 angry Irish New York City population and unable to stop the anarchy and killing all around the city. The New York City Fire Department (NYFD) did little much to put down the building fires as they were too targeted by the rioters.

The New York city officials began asking Lincoln for help and he finally agreed to send Federal troops to restore order. Union troops, 10 days fresh after seeing the bloodshed and horrors in Gettysburg, and the New York State National Guard arrived back to New York City 36 hours later after the riots started. Union commanders issued their troops to shoot down on rioters in case they pose threat to them, trying to loot businesses, and kill people. Union troops and rioters fought each other for a more than 24 hours until the riots finally calmed down when news reached all across the North that Washington DC had suspended the draft. More Federal troops all across the North were sent into New York City and finally the worst riot in American history was over.

By the time the riots ended, over 119 people were killed and thousands more were injured as a result. African-Americans and newly freed slaves were the high list of casualty rate in the riots and it drove most of the black population away from New York City. In addition, many of mobs were killed in result in a firefight with Union troops thanks to rifles and artillery guns.

Lincoln continued the draft despite the death toll and anger in the drafts riots in New York City. It also provide some changes. Many rich in the North began sending millions of their own money for draftees who refused to fight in a war they didn't believe in and it did for a very while.

The New York Draft Riots of 1863 was the culmination of racism, class workers, unfair treatment, economic reasons, and moral values that some people believed it was not right.

Why did a riot happen in los angeles in 1992?

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It happened in a lot of things. First when Rodney King was beat senseless by a six white and one Latino LAPD officers in March of 1991. Second is when a group of blacks and Hispanics were the subjects of police brutality in the 1980s and early 1990s which build up loads of trouble. What also add tensions to the factors of LA riots was between the Blacks and the Koreans. Koreans began immigrating to America and set up shops in South Central LA where it had the high crime rate thanks to the majority of blacks and Latinos living in the area. Many of them were known to threatens, theft and steal their things from Korean stores. Many Korean owners began owning guns in cased their businesses and life was threatened.

On the night of March 2, 1991, Rodney King was in DUI leading a high speed chase away from the LAPD police cars. After King finally stopped, he then resisted arrest. A group of police, thought he was on PCP(Which was a superhuamn drug) then beat him senseless and then it looks like as if Rodney King was cleary on the ground and pose no threat but despite this he was constantly continued to get beated by the LAPD officers. The videotape by an nearby apartment resident George Holliday and send the video to a nearby news station.

One incident finally add fuel to the fire between Koreans and Blacks in South Central LA. In March 16, 1991, a 15 year old Black girl name Latasha Harlins was entering a store that was owned by Soon Ja Du, a 51 year old Korean woman. When Du saw Larlins put a $1.50 orange juice in her backpack, she mistakenly concluded that she was about to steal it. Du then grab Harlin's backpack which cause Harlins to strike back. Harlins throw the juice back in her counter and Soon then pulls out her gun and shot her in the back of the head, killing her instantly. Soon was then put into Federal court but then served no prison time when Judge Joyce Karlin reduced the sentence to probation of five years, four hundred hours of community service, and a $500.00 fine.

The officers that were involved in the beating of Rodney King were also tried but after a year of trial, the officers were acquitted and many felt as if the beating was justified. This added fuel to the fire that led to one of the worst riots in American history since the New York Draft Riots of 1863.

Hours after the officers acquittal of the Rodney King beating, the worst had began. Blacks and Latinos began banding together and targeted innocent bystanders. Then later, they began attacked Korean stores and other business in random. Just like it had been in the New York Draft Riots of 1863, the police was too outnumbered by a the entire angry Black and Latino population armed with guns and weapons which had 60,000 of them. The random attacks, looting businesses, burning them, and killing raged up for five more days, leaving 53 people dead and million dollars in damages. Korean owners began arming themselves since the police wasn't always there for them due to them retreating back to the station. President George Bush Sr then send in 5,000 Federal and California National Guard troops, armed with tanks, guns, and military technology to restore law and order in the city. The LAPD also follow them as well and finally the riot was over.

After that, the trial was restarted(Which was supposed to be illegal) and in 1993, they finally charged two cops involved in the beating of Rodney King but other two were acquitted. The two cops that were charged went to 30 months in prison.

The LA Riots did nothing to solve the problem but only add stereotypes many already had for blacks and latinos.

When did the Boston Tea Party protest happen?

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since I was there 200 years ago, I know the exact time.... it happened at night time and I saw lots of people throw tea on December 17th, 1773....like c'mon....who would know the exact time... all the people who were there are DEAD.

What was the primary focus of the protest movement of the 1960s?

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There are many groups protesting in the 1960s, some were: women fighting for equal pay, African Americans for change (voting rights, equal living conditions, and equal pay for equal work), young people and college students for quick change, and Mexican Americans (and other Latino groups) for full rights as citizens.

What did the black panthers want?

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Significant improvements in the position of black people - no discrimination, equal opportunities etc.

How did farmers protest their hardships in the late 1800s?

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they couldn't get any workers

During the span of 1880-1900 farmers began to feel as if their ways of life were being threatened. Farmers felt that a competition with railroads in monopolies and trusts, currency circulation shortage, and the powerful forces of Mother Nature seemed to be putting them in debt or even out of business. However, not all of the currency circulation shortage complaints could be brought up against the government, monopolies, and trusts. Over production, and bad weather accounted for these problems, which made the farmers complaint's not completely valid. Competition was a major contributing factor to farmer discontent. Farmers were constantly competing with monopolies and trusts. Abuses of the Railroads were putting most farmers in the brink of bankruptcy. Groups formed to help the farmers like The Grange tried to get some relief from monopolies, but they were just too influential. It came to a halt when the Wabash case made by the Supreme Court said that groups like the Grange had no power to regulate interstate commerce. Monopolies were dictating the way the farming industry was as a whole. Farmers sent their products all over the country in order

The deflation of prices was extremely crucial, because it put the farmers in a high state of debt. It was believed that if there was a large amount of money circulating it would make high prices, and eventually the farmers would be able to pay off their debts. As if the farmers didn't have it bad enough, they were still harassed by their government-local, state, and national. The Republicans thought they could reap some money from a tariff, but they were wrong. Farmers felt like they were going to forever be at the mercy of the harvester trust, the barbed-wire trust, the fertilizer trust, and the railroads. People in the east reaped the benefits. r to receive profit, but it was virtually impossible to ever make any money when the charge for use of the railroad system, was more than the farmer could make. The farmers were pretty much defenseless against the monopoly system of the railroad, and were sent into a state of perpetual debt. during that particular period of time. Just because there is rainstorm in the West, is no reason to stop business in the East. This made the government upset, and they felt that the farmers should not complain about what they had no control over, or what they had brought upon themselves. (d) It was as if the West was full of slaves, paying a constant debt to their masters of the East. In the end, The Farmers of America was just a disorganized group of individuals, who had no money, and nothing to show for their hard work. What was intended to stiffen the market and make it virtually impossible for the foreign market to compete with American soil, only rose in dishonesty and voters wrath

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What happened during the watts riots?

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The impoverish Watts African American community rioted for 6 days looting and ransacking the community. The substandard l housing, lack of jobs, and poor school boil over after the arrest of a African American female by a white CHP officer.