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THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT RIOTS

Added on: 28th Jun 2016

 

SINGAPORE WAS A STATE IN MALAYSIA FOR LESS

THAN TWO YEARS BEFORE RACIAL RIOTS FORCED

IT TO BECOME INDEPENDENT

Singapore was a state in Malaysia for less than 2 years before racial riots forced it to become independent

 

 

AS A RESULT OF THESE RIOTS, SINGAPORE IS THE

ONLY COUNTRY TO HAVE EVER GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE

AGAINST ITS WILL (IT WAS THROWN OUT OF MALAYSIA)

As a result of these riots, Singapore is the only country to have ever gained its independence against its will (it was thrown out of Malaysia)

 

 

IN 1974 THE CLEVELAND INDIANS HELD A TEN CENT

BEER NIGHT AS A PROMOTION. FANS GOT SO DRUNK

AND ROWDY THAT THE GAME HAD TO BE CALLED

OFF EARLY

In 1974 the Cleveland Indians held a Ten Cent Beer Night as a promotion. Fans got so drunk and rowdy that the game had to be called off early.

 

 

IN 2006 PROTESTORS IN HUNGARY HOT-WIRED A

SOVIET TANK THAT WAS ON DISPLAY AT A MEMORIAL

AND DROVE IT INTO A GROUP OF RIOT POLICE

In 2006 protestors in Hungary hot-wired a Soviet tank that was on display at a memorial and drove it into a group of riot police

 

 

DURING THE NEW MEXICO STATE PENITENTIARY RIOTS,

PRISON GANGS TOOK OVER AND THEN TOOK FIVE

HOURS TO CUT THROUGH THE BARS OF THE

PROTECTIVE CUSTODY UNIT (WHICH HOUSED

SNITCHES AND SEX OFFENDERS). AFTER FIVE

HOURS THEY DRAGGED THEIR FELLOW PRISONERS

OUT AND BRUTALLY TORTURED, BEHEADED AND

BURNED THEM. ALTHOUGH THE POLICE COULD HAVE

LET THEM OUT THROUGH A BACK DOOR THEY DIDN'T

BECAUSE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE PRISONERS

AND THE POLICE HAD BEEN STALLED

During the New Mexico State Penitentiary riots, prison gangs took over and then took 5 hours to cut through the bars of the protective custody unit (which housed snitches and sex offenders). After 5 hours they dragged their fellow prisoners out and brutally tortured, beheaded, and burned them. Although the police could have let them out through a back door they didn't because negotiations between the prisoners and the police had been stalled

 

 

IN 1896, AT THE CORONATION OF CZAR NICHOLAS II,

NEARLY 1,400 PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF RIOTS

STARTED DUE TO RUMOURS ABOUT THE FREE

BEER HAVING RUN OUT

In 1896, at the coronation of Czar Nicholas II, nearly 1,400 people died because of riots started due to rumors about the free beer having run out

 

 

WHEN THE SMITHSONIAN OPENED A CONTROVERSIAL

NEW MUSEUM IN A PRIMARILY BLACK PART OF

WASHINGTON DC MANY PEOPLE SAID IT WOULD BE

VANDALIZED AND DESTROYED. DURING THE 1968

RIOTS IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW BUILDINGS

LEFT UNTOUCHED

When the Smithsonian opened a controversial new museum in a primarily black part of Washington DC many people said it would be vandalized and destroyed. During the 1968 riots it was one of the few buildings left untouched

 

 

IN 1826, CADETS AT WEST POINT HELD A

CHRISTMAS PARTY THAT TURNED INTO A BEER

INDUCED RIOT ENDING WITH 20 COURT-MARTIALS.

IT HAS SINCE BEEN LABELLED THE EGGNOG RIOT

In 1826, cadets at West Point held a Christmas party that turned into a beer induced riot ending with 20 courtmartials. It has since been labeled the eggnog riot

 


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