like to focus on is the London Riots. There are several different theories as to the causes of the London Riots. There is no evidence to define the reasons for the London Riots in 2011 taking place. However‚ The main cause is thought to be Social and economic inequality. According to Mary Riddell‚ “Britain is less equal‚ in wages‚ wealth‚ and life chances‚ that at any time since the last major financial upheaval‚ the great crash of 1929.” (Riddel‚ 2011). The riots were thought to be a protest to
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society and by blacks who think that they are traitors to the struggle against racism. Foster uses the historic events to prove a baised society will couse an outbreak of violence or riots. Wattss riots was a six days raged followed Frye’s arrest‚ suspicion of driving while intoxitcated. Fostedr also uses Rodney king’s riot in 1991. It is coused after Rodney King was severyl beaten by police who attempted to pull him over after he was caught speeding. 2. In paragraph 7 when Foster was visiting Canada
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The 2011 riots took place between 6th-10th of August‚ several cities and towns across England suffered riots and looting as thousands took the street. The violence from this was seen to be after the shooting of Mark Duggan. However‚ the thousands that took to the streets had their other reasons to be rioting‚ making people wonder what were the problems with the society we live in. The people involved in the riots were between the ages of 11- 70. It shows how the amount of people getting involved
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Cofer (1993)‚ and A Clack of Tiny Sparks: Remembrances of a Gay Boyhood written by Bernard Cooper (1991). The two works of literature seem so different on the outside‚ yet upon further analysis one can begin to notice many similarities making
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Turning Points: The Buddhist Riots of 1963 Vietnam & 20th Century Experience Turning Points: The Buddhist Riots of 1963 In the early 1960’s‚ there were many events that took place in Vietnam and the United States that qualified as turning points‚ critical events that changed the course of history‚ but the Buddhist riots of 1963 proved to be instrumental in Ngo Dinh Diem’s‚ Southern Vietnam’s leader‚ demise. For some time Diem had been ruling with a dictatorship and never gained the support
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Causes of the Riots in Oldham Long Term - At one time Oldham produced 13% of the world’s cotton - It was dependant on the industry - Couldn’t compete with foreign competition (although it tried to until 1989) - After WWII migrants from the commonwealth were encouraged to move to Oldham to supplement the workforce - These were mainly Caribbean and Pakistani‚ and later Bangladeshi - 1960 – Larger numbers of Indians‚ Pakistanis and Caribbean migrants settled - Due to poor circumstances‚ they
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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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Essay 1992 Los Angeles riots: The riots began with the violent arrest of Rodney King March 3‚ 1991‚ in a high-speed pursuit King drove through several red lights and stop signs; he pulled over in the Lake View Terrace. King had a record for drunk driving but the officers involved testified that they believed him to be under the influence of the narcotic PCP‚ in a later blood test he was tested negative for PCP. A civilian named George Holliday recorded the whole arrest‚ the defendants also alleged
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started to protest the price of bread. When two Parisian manufacturers‚ Réveillon and Henriot‚ suggested in late April 1789 that the distribution of bread should be deregulated‚ thereby lowering prices and reducing both wages and costs of production‚ riots
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the brim‚ and an elderly former drag queen settles in to watch a riot play out onscreen. Much to her dismay‚ none of what she remembers of that heated day in 1969 is reflected there. Director Roland Emmerich has manipulated history with his latest movie‚ Stonewall‚ released September 25th‚ 2015. The film depicts the Stonewall Riot; the event in LGBT history often credited with uniting the LGBT community into one movement. The riot consisted of an ethnically diverse group of LGBT people: homosexuals
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