ROLE OF THE STATE AND POLICE IN THE WAKE OF COMMUNAL RIOTS In view of J.W.Garner‚ an important feature of the Sate is that “the body of inhabitants renders habitual obedience to the organized government.” There are several institutions and agencies working meticulously round the clock to help the government achieve its objectives. Police and other law enforcement agencies are such instruments of the State. The State‚ police and the society are originally inter-linked. In any society‚ the legitimacy
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Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles Outline Topic: The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943: What caused them‚ what happened‚ and what were the effects? Introduction Causes for the riots in 1943 History of racism Stylish dress seen as un-American during wartime. Stage set for riots Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the Zoot Suit riots Effects of riots Cultural repression Political activism in Mexican American community Series of reforms in the Los Angeles Police Department Causes Mexican Revolution‚
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How might de-individuation theory explain the looting behaviour that sometimes accompanies crowd riots? What are the strengths and limitations of this kind of approach to understanding collective behavior? This assignment will look at what de-individuation theory is and how this could explain looting behaviour that sometimes accompanies crowd riots. We will investigate research into de-individuation and how the theory has developed from Le Bon’s original work. Moving on to explore how the
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blatantly cast to the shadows due to their sexual orientation-homosexuals. For many people the police raid on the Stonewall- a popular gay bar in Greenwich‚ New York- would later turn out to be the Rosa Parks movement of the LGBT community. The Stonewall Riots would raise positive public awareness of the Gay Rights Movement in 1969‚ and for many more years to come. For the first time gays‚ lesbians‚ transgenders and bisexuals were united and fought for the same cause. The Stonewall was considered to be
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Set in the environment of ethnic and racial paranoia that defined the early 1940s in Los Angeles‚ California‚ the "Zoot Suit Riots" were a defining moment for Zoot Suiters and the Mexican American community. The ethnic populations of California as a whole‚ and Los Angeles in particular‚ were under siege. In March and April of 1942‚ the entire Japanese and Japanese American population on the West Coast of the United States were deported to "relocation centers" (mild euphemisms for concentration camps)
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held a grudge towards the zoot suits were the sailors who were coming back from the war. The sailors held grudges towards the ones wearing the zoot suits‚ because they weren’t in the war defending their country. Many of the issues that caused the riots were the tension between the two groups of young men. It was not right for the sailors to have gone that far as attacking everyone who was dressed as a zoot suit
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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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The la riots were one of the biggest events to happen in history which took place in Los Angeles California. People were angry about the Rodney king trial. Rodney king‚ born on April 2 1965 born in Sacramento California was in a high-speed chase on march 3‚ 1991 . When he finally stopped‚ and was pulled over the police men pulled him out of the car and started beating him really badly when he was finally caught by a Los Angeles police. He got a brutal beating while a nearby amateur camera man by
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The 1992 LA Riots were a series of riots‚ lootings‚ arsons and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles on April 29th 1992‚ lasting 6 days through to May 5th. They were triggered by the acquittal of police officers in a trial regarding a videotaped police brutality incident. 4 police officers were caught on amateur video beating an unarmed African-American motorist-Rodney King. The case was taken to trial and the four (white police officers) were acquitted of any wrong doing (by a 12 person
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