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    The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racial attacks in 1943 throughout in L.A‚ California‚ throughout a amount once several immigrants arrived for the defense effort and new appointed‚ servicemen flooded Los Angeles. U.S sailors and marines attacked Mexican groups‚ recognizable by the zoot suits they favored and would always where‚ as being disloyal. Yank military personnel and Mexicans were the most parties within the riots; servicemen attacked some African yank and Filipino yank youths also‚

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    For other uses‚ see Prison (disambiguation). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2012) The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (January 2012) Criminology and penology Theory[show] Types of crime[show] Penology[hide] Deterrence Prison Prison reform Prisoner abuse

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    k teen boy by a white officer started a large  outbreak of riots in Ferguson. Escalating riots are becoming out of hand and are bringing about  serious consequences; buildings are being burned down‚ lives are being ruined‚ and even deaths  have resulted from these riots. The riots in Ferguson are a major injustice because the city of  Ferguson will never fully recover from the tragic aftermath.   Evidence from the past proves that riots like these seen in Ferguson will have devastating

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    This police raid caused there to be riots. This riot (known as the Stonewall Riots) brought to life the first gay rights organization in the United States of America known as the Gay Liberation Front. During this time the “America’s Gay” then ended up moving to San Francisco. Harvey Milk also moved to San Francisco

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    Three members of the Russian punk-rock rebel band‚ Pussy Riot‚ have been jailed for two years after staging an anti-Putin protest. The official reason for their incarceration has been officially listed as “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred (1).” The sentence has sparked intense global support for Pussy Riot‚ as well as increased opposition against the Russian government. The all-female band performed this protest in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior‚ Moscow’s main Orthodox cathedral.

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    London Riots Between 6 and 10 August 2011‚ several London boroughs and districts of cities and towns across England suffered widespread rioting‚ looting and arson. Following a peaceful march on 6 August 2011 in relation to the police response to the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police Service on 4 August 2011‚ a riot began in Tottenham‚ North London. In those following days‚ rioting spread to several London boroughs and districts and eventually to some other areas of England

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    and the consequence of the Los Angeles riots that erupted in the wake of the acquittal of the white officers who were caught on videotape beating him. However‚ the police using excessive force against unarmed black men leading to civil unrest has been repeated many times in the United States. The historic Watts Riots‚ a result of police harassment and brutality‚ took place almost three decades prior to the beating of Rodney King and the subsequent LA riots of 1992 (Marable‚ 90). On August 9th of

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    Question 1 - Definitions Visual Acuity Visual acuity is a test used to determine the smallest letters a person can read on a standardized chart (Snellen chart) or a card held 14 – 20 feet away. This test may be done in a health care provider’s office‚ a school‚ a workplace‚ or elsewhere. Visual acuity is expressed as a fraction. • The top number refers to the distance you stand from the chart. This is usually 20 feet. • The bottom number indicates the distance at which a person with normal

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    Angeles: The City of Riots Home of the largest populated area in the United States with just over 4 million people; the city of Los Angeles is one of the most well known cities in the world. It is home to many of the world greatest actors as well as the upper class of America. The city is full of life with many iconic landmarks such as Hollywood boulevard‚ the Hollywood sign‚ and the Kodak Theatre‚ yet it is hard to believe that this great city has been home to two of the worst riots in U.S. history

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    commercial benefit for the said business. Both Amazon.com and Riot Games use online medium as the primary mode of communication. Irrespective of their differences; Amazon being a global name with worldwide reach and a huge customer base and Riot Games being more concise with market presence in selective locations and a more informal arrangement as compared to Amazon‚ online correspondence has been put to effective use by both the brands. Riot Games adheres to a more flexible mode of operations in contrast

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