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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.

Tulsa, Oklahoma used to have something called

 

 

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

During the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles in 1992, Korean shop owners banned 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

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

In 1933, a baseball game in Toronto broke into a race riot when Nazi supporters started waving a huge swastika to protest Jewish players

 

 

DURING THE TORONTO CIRCUS RIOT IN 1855

CLOWNS GOT IN A FIGHT WITH FIREFIGHTERS

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

In 1922 there were riots in New York over weather 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"

During the London Riots in 2011, bookshops were nearly unaffected and even stayed open. One owner was quoted as saying

 

 

IN 2008, POLICE WERE CALLED ON TO DEFEND

EMO KIDS IN MEXICO CITY AGAINST VIOLENT

ANTI-EMO RIOTS

In 2008, police were called on to defend emo kids in Mexico City against violent anti-emo riots

 


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