YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THESE FACTS ABOUT RIOTS
Added on: 20th Sep 2016
TULSA, OKLAHOMA USED TO HAVE SOMETHING
CALLED "BLACK WALL STREET". IT WAS THE
MOST PROSPEROUS MINORITY NEIGHBOURHOOD
IN THE US AND IN 1921 IT WAS BURNED DOWN
WHEN A BLACK MAN ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED
ON THE FOOT OF A WHITE WOMAN.
DURING THE RODNEY KING RIOTS IN LOS ANGELES
IN 1992, KOREAN SHOP OWNERS BANDED TOGETHER
AND STOOD ON THE ROOFS OF THEIR BUILDINGS
WITH ASSAULT RIFLES TO PROTECT KOREATOWN
A POLICE OFFICER DEFUSED A RIOT IN NORTHERN
IRELAND IN 2010 BY PLAYING ICE CREAM VAN MUSIC
IN 1933, A BASEBALL GAME IN TORONTO BROKE
INTO A RACE RIOT WHEN NAZI SUPPORTERS
STARTED WAVING A HUGE SWASTIKA TO
PROTEST AGAINST JEWISH PLAYERS
DURING THE TORONTO CIRCUS RIOT IN 1855
CLOWNS GOT IN A FIGHT WITH FIREFIGHTERS
IN 1922 THERE WERE RIOTS IN NEW YORK OVER
WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED
TO WEAR STRAW HATS PAST THE SOCIALLY
ACCEPTABLE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 15. THE STRAW
HAT RIOTS LASTED OVER A WEEK AND LED TO
NUMEROUS ARRESTS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS
DURING THE LONDON RIOTS IN 2011, BOOKSHOPS
WERE NEARLY UNAFFECTED AND EVEN STAYED
OPEN. ONE OWNER WAS QUOTED AS SAYING
"IF THEY STEAL SOME BOOKS THEY MIGHT
EVEN LEARN SOMETHING"
IN 2008, POLICE WERE CALLED ON TO DEFEND
EMO KIDS IN MEXICO CITY AGAINST VIOLENT
ANTI-EMO RIOTS
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