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    In the film he expresses how he did not support their protests during the time‚ but then goes on to say that most of the police could have handled the situation better during the time. Even after the riots‚ when Blackstone became an “advocate”‚ for the trans community‚ his “job was to get people to understand how to live their lifestyle along with the rest of the city.” Not once did he call himself an ally‚ and not once did he say he supported the cause

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    further down front‚ across the field people were ripping up the plywood barriers...and launching big‚ splintery crowd-surfing boards atop a sea of upsteached hands...The bonfires roaring out of control‚ the looting‚ the explosions‚ the whole stupid riot. Festival security‚ such as it was‚ collapsed in the face of this sudden war-zone situation.” There was also accounts of different and unusual sexual activities. Kurt’s interpretation was like most others. This day that was supposed to be a social

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    Racism is a topic that has faced out of most politicians debate. In the 1960s‚ the delegations for most politicians are Civil Rights. It was a topic that was affecting America’s society. African Americans were tired and frustrated waiting for a leader to do justice. Dr. King was a man very involved with politics. Dr. King was recognized for his nonviolent movement and relationship with political leaders such as John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Dr. King’s movement was not criticized as much

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    procedures *When is control needed? -When a demonstration turns into a riot‚ police (usually specialized units rather than on-duty patrol officers) are called in. A riot occurs when crowds or even small groups of people have gathered and are committing or seem about to commit crimes or acts of violence usually in reaction to a perceived grievance or out of dissent‚ but sometimes for no immediately apparent reason. -Riots are a result of= poor living conditions‚ government oppression‚ efforts

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    form a boycott on Sal’s. At first no one complies but in the end he gets a group. They go into Sal’s and an argument breaks out‚ a radio is broken and everything goes downhill from there. An African American is killed by a police man causing a huge riot and destruction of the street. 1. The

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    Exploited resettlement of Malay families in the Crawford‚ Kampong Glam and Rochor areas. Meetings were held betw PAP and Malay reps regarding education‚ employment and housing for Malays. Tension grew as matters did not improve. Led to the racial riots in 1964. 6. PAP’s Malaysian Malaysia campaign PAP campaigned for a Malaysian Malaysia‚ where everyone has equal rights and opportunities. October 1964 The Singapore Alliance stated that they would reorganise themselves to win enough votes in the 1967

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    their favorite team because they sometimes have riots after games. People also skip school‚ work‚ and even commit suicide over their favorite sports team. After a soccer game in Buenos Aires‚ Argentina‚ fans rioted the streets. During the riot after the soccer game 15 police officers were injured. They did this because there soccer team lost. When people riot not only do people get hurt but many others get in trouble or even arrested. In this riot 60 people were arrested. This fact proves that fans

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    Social work as a discipline concentrates on theoretical and philosophical positions such as social justice‚ equality‚ and empowerment and these may be described as “philosophies of social work”.(Mackie‚ 2007) Historically during social works early years‚ moral concerns laid the foundations for the development of social work and the principal values of the profession‚ with particular emphasis on the significance of individual worth and dignity and service to humanity (Bisman‚ 2004). Many of our contemporary

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    these laborers felt that they could get there message to the companies‚ but most of the companies retaliated with hiring national guards to settle the issue or just locking the workers out of the job. The reason that these strikes turned to violent riots started is because the workers were so dependent on their job for money to feed their family’s‚ they couldn’t outlast the companies in a “waiting” battle because they company owners and executives had enough money to support themselves as it is.

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    paying back. After a while the colonies had enough and had started numerous riots. Next‚ the colonies had made numerous riots due to the unfairness of the taxation from the dept. of the French and Indian war. One of the famous riots probably everyone that’s an American citizen knows which is the Boston massacre. What happened that day had changed American history forever. It was in the winter when a group of men had started a riot in the city of

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