Recently‚ defendant Joseph Fischer sought to dismiss an obstruction statute charge that was given to him through his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot. The law that charged Fischer prohibits the efforts to obstruct or impact an official proceeding. 350 of the 1‚350 people involved in the riots were charged with obstruction of statute‚ which means that they could face up to 20 years in prison. Some justices questioned whether the lengthy prison time is ethical‚ especially if a person could theoretically
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The Bread riot started way before the French Revolution as early as 1724 but‚ during the spring of 1789‚ bread riots were very common. The bread riots were the main reason for the start of the French Revolution because‚ France was already in so much debt because of the King‚ wars with England and got some many people to dislike the King and Queen. As a result‚ the King(Louis XVI) raised the bread prices as much as 80 percent. Bad weather stopped the production of grain leading Peasants and commoners
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1900: New Orleans‚ Louisiana The New Orleans Race Riots of 1900 were sparked after African American laborer Robert Charles shot a police officer‚ which led to a manhunt. Twenty-eight people were killed in the conflict‚ including Robert Charles himself. Many more people were killed and wounded by riots stemming from the manhunt. 1900: New York City‚ New York 1906: Atlanta‚ Georgia[35] On September 22nd‚ 1906‚ Atlanta newspapers reported four alleged assaults on local white women. Soon‚ some 10
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B “A wild or turbulent disturbance created by a large number of people”‚ this is one of the many definitions available when you search for the word “Riot”. Some definitions state that the ruckus is created because a group of people have a common purpose. What is general through all of these definitions is that words like noisy‚ violent‚ arson‚ disorder and disturbance all reoccure. If people have a common goal for wanting to shed light on something‚ then how come they find it necessary to use violence
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This book review is on William Tuttle‚ Jr.’s Race Riot‚ which happened in Chicago in the Summer of 1919. William Tuttle is a graduate from Denison University in 1959. He obtained his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1967. He is a college professor and has taught at various institutions. He has had articles printed in various journals. He was a recipient of a fellowship and grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. Tuttle’s main
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British Riots of 2011 This essay will consider the British Riots of 2011‚ relating the events specifically to the functionalist perspective of Emile Durkheim and others. It will offer definitions of key terms‚ identify key concepts and consider opposing arguments from opposing theoretical perspectives. It will apply these concepts to the 2011 Riots and argue that the killing of Mark Duggan by police was not‚ as many believed‚ the only reason behind the riots. Functionalist theory suggests society
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Cronulla riots that occurred in 2005 and the middle eastern “ethnic gangs” that occurred in 1998-2000‚ the mass media plays a huge role in sending out an exaggerated message to the public which makes it known as a moral panic. Moral panics come from different frameworks such as sociology of law and social problems as well as the sociology of collective behavior (Cohen‚ 1987). Moreover‚ the different type of moral panic events is divided in either primary or secondary deviance
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Topic: Minority Rights Event: Christie Pits Riot On August 14‚ 1933‚ the worst race riot in Toronto’s history was triggered after a predominately Jewish baseball team‚ the Harbord playground‚ won a game at Toronto’s Christie pits (known as Willovale Park back then). This would enhance the prejudice that was already built among the Torontonian residents‚ as they felt like they were being invaded by foreigners. The following night a group known as the “Pit Gang” raised a swastika sweater to depict
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result of the Baltimore riots‚ both Governor Hicks and Baltimore’s Mayor George Brown requested that Lincoln not send Federal troops through Baltimore as sentiments were too strong for the South. Lincoln agreed but other northern regiments were already en route to Washington. To insure that no more Union troops would enter Baltimore Mayor Brown ordered that the bridge over the Gunpowder Falls be burned‚ an order that was carried out immediately. On the day of the Baltimore riots‚ April 19th‚ the Eighth
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Anna Deavere Smith’s unique style of drama in her play Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights‚ Brooklyn and Other Identities integrates theatre with journalism in order to bring to life and examine real social and political events. Each scene is created directly from an interview that Smith had held with the character‚ although Smith arranges the character’s words according to her own purposes. She captures the essence of the characters she interviews‚ distilling their thoughts into a brief scene that
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