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    The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racial attacks in 1943 throughout in L.A‚ California‚ throughout a amount once several immigrants arrived for the defense effort and new appointed‚ servicemen flooded Los Angeles. U.S sailors and marines attacked Mexican groups‚ recognizable by the zoot suits they favored and would always where‚ as being disloyal. Yank military personnel and Mexicans were the most parties within the riots; servicemen attacked some African yank and Filipino yank youths also‚

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    Pussy Riot Holly Baker Founded in August 2011 in Moscow‚ Russia‚ Pussy Riot is a feminist punk rock protest group. This group has approximately 11 members‚ with women ranging from age 20 to 33. This group’s activities include staging unauthorized provocative performances in public places and then video taping them to post on the internet. These women protest with lyrical songs consisting of topics on feminism‚ LGBT rights‚ opposition to the policies of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. They

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    k teen boy by a white officer started a large  outbreak of riots in Ferguson. Escalating riots are becoming out of hand and are bringing about  serious consequences; buildings are being burned down‚ lives are being ruined‚ and even deaths  have resulted from these riots. The riots in Ferguson are a major injustice because the city of  Ferguson will never fully recover from the tragic aftermath.   Evidence from the past proves that riots like these seen in Ferguson will have devastating

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    This police raid caused there to be riots. This riot (known as the Stonewall Riots) brought to life the first gay rights organization in the United States of America known as the Gay Liberation Front. During this time the “America’s Gay” then ended up moving to San Francisco. Harvey Milk also moved to San Francisco

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    Three members of the Russian punk-rock rebel band‚ Pussy Riot‚ have been jailed for two years after staging an anti-Putin protest. The official reason for their incarceration has been officially listed as “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred (1).” The sentence has sparked intense global support for Pussy Riot‚ as well as increased opposition against the Russian government. The all-female band performed this protest in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior‚ Moscow’s main Orthodox cathedral.

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    London Riots Between 6 and 10 August 2011‚ several London boroughs and districts of cities and towns across England suffered widespread rioting‚ looting and arson. Following a peaceful march on 6 August 2011 in relation to the police response to the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police Service on 4 August 2011‚ a riot began in Tottenham‚ North London. In those following days‚ rioting spread to several London boroughs and districts and eventually to some other areas of England

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    Analysis Essay CJ/407 Monday May 26‚ 2014 The Attica Prison Riot This paper reflects on two crisis situations‚ The 1972 Olympic Terrorist attack in Munich‚ Germany‚ and The Attica Prison Riot of 1971. This paper will discuss what went wrong on behalf of the negotiators and how things could’ve of different with a properly trained crisis negotiation team. The ongoing crisis staging in prisons and at local police departments makes it possible for a crisis team

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    Question 1 - Definitions Visual Acuity Visual acuity is a test used to determine the smallest letters a person can read on a standardized chart (Snellen chart) or a card held 14 – 20 feet away. This test may be done in a health care provider’s office‚ a school‚ a workplace‚ or elsewhere. Visual acuity is expressed as a fraction. • The top number refers to the distance you stand from the chart. This is usually 20 feet. • The bottom number indicates the distance at which a person with normal

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    future Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama‚ was born in the 5th or 6th century BCE in Lumbini‚ in what is now Nepal. His father‚ King Suddhodana‚ was leader of a large clan called the Shakya. His mother‚ Queen Maya‚ died shortly after his birth. When Prince Siddhartha was a few days old‚ a holy man prophesied the Prince would be either a great military conqueror or a great spiritual teacher. King Suddhodana preferred the first outcome

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    commercial benefit for the said business. Both Amazon.com and Riot Games use online medium as the primary mode of communication. Irrespective of their differences; Amazon being a global name with worldwide reach and a huge customer base and Riot Games being more concise with market presence in selective locations and a more informal arrangement as compared to Amazon‚ online correspondence has been put to effective use by both the brands. Riot Games adheres to a more flexible mode of operations in contrast

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