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1967 – 1967 New Brunswick riots, July 17–18, New Brunswick, New Jersey, riots began after a group of roughly 200 African-American teenagers protested against unfair treatment in local public schools, unemployment, the closing of a social club and long-term police brutality. Protesters looted stores in the city's business district ...
A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [8][9] including police brutality and other forms of violence. [10] Since the initial national wave and peak ...
2024 Harehills riot. On 18 July 2024, a riot took place in the Harehills area of Leeds, Yorkshire, England. The incident was triggered by a dispute over four children of a Romani family being taken into care by social services and police. [1] The situation escalated as residents, angry and filming the police, gathered, forcing the police to ...
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government is considering changes to the Online Safety Act designed to regulate social media companies, following a week of racist rioting driven by false information ...
Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... and anti-immigrant nature of the riots. Social division fueled by social media speculation. ...
Analysis by Brian Fung, CNN. August 9, 2024 at 3:00 AM. Hollie Adams/Reuters. The widespread anti-immigrant riots in the United Kingdom of the past week, and the false viral claims that fueled ...
For the Southport riot, far-right activists had been promoting the demonstration that started in Southport, [79] prior to involvement in the riot. [80] HuffPost described far-right activists as having "hijacked" the vigil for the victims, [81] and the Manchester Evening News reported "far right thugs, fuelled by lies, sought to exploit the tragedy". [82]
George Floyd protests Part of the United States racial unrest (2020–present) and the Black Lives Matter movement Clockwise from top: Protesters in Minneapolis where George Floyd was murdered and the unrest began Police and National Guard at a protest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bystanders and firefighters at a torched street in Minneapolis Protest near the Multnomah County Justice Center ...