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2024 United Kingdom riots. From 30 July to 5 August 2024 [ a] far-right, anti-immigration protests and riots occurred in the United Kingdom. [ b] The riots, which were the largest incident of social unrest in England since 2011, [ 33] included racist attacks, arson, and looting. They began in Southport, where protestors attacked Southport ...
Rooftop Koreans. Rooftop Koreans or Roof Koreans refer to the Korean American business owners and residents during the 1992 Los Angeles riots who armed themselves and took to the rooftops of local businesses to defend themselves. The unrest in urban areas was sparked by the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating ...
A British police commissioner warned that even Americans across the Atlantic could be extradited to the UK if they run afoul of their rules in commenting on the wave of riots.
The 2000 DNC brought about the birth of the Los Angeles media center for Independent Media Center (IMC) (also known as Indymedia.org). It became the fastest independent media collective to go from inspiration, after clashes between police, protesters and indie journalists at the November 1999 World Trade Organization WTO summit in Seattle, to having live satellite transmission capabilities and ...
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots on April 29, Korean American and Black community leaders are planning a series of unity events to
Los Angeles’ Asian and Black communities will gather later this month in an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1992 uprisings. Organized by Asian and Black community leaders, the event ...
Martin Luther King Jr. speaking to an anti-Vietnam war rally at the University of Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on April 27, 1967. A protest against the Vietnam War in Helsinki in December 1967. January 29 – February 5. Angry Arts Week by the Artists Protest group.
Damage. $1 billion. The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) [ 4][ 5] were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a ...