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    Detroit Riots

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    Detroit riot marked a point in U.S. history at which racial tensions between African Americans and whites reached deadly proportions” (Greene & Gabbidon 195-196). Riots in Detroit have occurred before over issues such as race‚ economics‚ and justice. The first major riot in Detroit was in March 1863‚ caused by a trial of an African American man for rape‚ and was powered by the local press. After that‚ Detroit tried to avoid major civil violence for a long time. This occurred even when riots broke out

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    Peasants Riots

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    Should the riots by the peasants of the early modern era resemble a revolutionary movement to reorder society? During the early modern era in Europe‚ nobles treated the peasants with little to no respect and thought that the peasants would obliged to whatever they commanded. Peasants began to realize that they needed to stand up against the nobles and government in order to change their role. Peasant movements became revolutionary by going through with the idea of taking a stand and doing everything

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    Riot in Prisons

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    RIOT Riot is a situation in which a group of people behave violently in a public place‚ often as a protest against a system or a policy. This protest normally is in a manner that the behaviour is difficult to be controlled‚ in most cases‚ this act results to destruction of valuable properties‚ injuries on people and sometimes lost of lives. RIOT IN PRISONS In the prison riot occurs very easily when situation like these are not avoided: 1. When prisoners plan a jail

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    The Chicano Riots

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    The riots began in Los Angeles‚ amidst a period of rising tensions between American servicemen stationed in southern California and Los Angeles’ Chicano community. Many of the tensions between the Chicano community and the sailors existed because the servicemen walked through a Chicano neighborhood on the way back to their barracks after nights of drinking. The discrimination against the Chicano minority community was compounded by robberies and fights during these drunken interactions. In July 1942

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    Riots In Prisons

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    Prisons are full of criminals and aggressive angry people; riots are not a very common occurrence with prison guards keeping most inmates under control‚ but they do happen. After the riot subdues‚ since it is common for some inmates to detain a guard or other prison employee so that the riot can take place without interruption‚ the inmates would be charged for false imprisonment‚ hostage taking‚ and most evidently rioting would be the main charge for the inmates involved. I would say false imprisonment

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    London Riots

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    Representation of events Opening paragraph Info on events I will explore representation of two events… one of the key events of 2011 is London riots and the media response to them riots. Several London boroughs and districts of cities and towns across England suffered widespread rioting‚ looting arson and mass deployment of police. The front cover of the daily mail newspapers (Tuesday 9 august 2011) included the head line “the anarchy spreads” the front cover contained a main central image which

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    The Baltimore Riots

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    On April 27‚ 2015 in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ riots erupted. It all started when Freddie Gray was arrested on April 12‚ 2015‚ and was severely injured in police custody. Gray later died of the injuries. This was the latest case of police brutality in a long string of incidents. Tensions boiled over after about a week of peaceful protest‚ and protesters turned to violent actions. Joined by gangs and others seeking to take part in violence‚ stores were looted‚ rocks were thrown at police‚ and property

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    Companies Act 1965

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    COMPANIES ACT 1965 DURING MORATORIUM PERIOD (3 MARCH – 30 JUNE 2011) This guideline serves to inform the procedures and requirements for the application to strike off names of defunct companies under section 308(1) of the Companies Act 1965 (CA 1965) during moratorium period. BACKGROUND 2. The Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) has on 11 January 2007 issued a set of guidelines for the application to strike off the name of a company pursuant to section 308 of the CA 1965. 3. The Minister

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    The Bath Riots

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    The bath riots Whether they are legal or illegal‚ immigrants have experienced discrimination from a large group of americans citizens. I believe they should have more consideration and respect‚ therefore‚ helping immigrants to have a better life here in the US. Coming to United States represents a huge opportunity to get a better job than what their country can offer them and their families. Trying to get into America has become a big accomplishment‚ specially for the Mexican population and their

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    Haymarket Riot

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    crowd. Seven policemen and four other persons were killed‚ and more than 100 persons were wounded. This riot however was not just a random outbreak during a labor demonstration but rather a boiling over of a culmination of many factors that were building up in the late 19th century which eventually led down to what we remember now as the Haymarket Square riot. Before this entire Riot came to be‚ we see clearly that the Industrial revolution had a strong impact on society‚ from agricultural

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