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The 2024 Indonesian local election law protests, also known as Emergency Alert for Indonesia (Indonesian: Peringatan Darurat Indonesia) or Indonesian Democratic Emergency (Indonesian: Indonesia Darurat Demokrasi), [26] are ongoing public and student-led demonstrations against the House of Representatives for drafting a bill on regional head elections that contradicts the Constitutional Court's ...
Riot Games. Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop League of Legends and went on to develop several spin-off games and the unrelated first-person shooter game Valorant.
Days later, anonymous federal personnel in tactical and riot gear began to appear on D.C. streets, with many refusing to identify themselves. [12] In July 2020, federal forces were deployed in Portland, Oregon as part of the PACT, where their use of unmarked cars and officers in camouflage without clear identification badges generated outrage.
e. Riot grrrl is an underground feminist punk movement that began during the early 1990s within the United States in Olympia, [ 1] Washington, [ 2] and the greater Pacific Northwest, [ 3] and has expanded to at least 26 other countries. [ 4] A subcultural movement that combines feminism, punk music, and politics, [ 5] it is often associated ...
The Battle of Brisbane was a riot with United States military personnel on one side and Australian servicemen and civilians on the other, in Brisbane, Queensland's capital city, on 26 and 27 November 1942, during which time the two nations were allies.
Muslims objected to passage of Hindu procession which resulted in riots Hindus Muslims 22 100 N/A 1928–1929 riots April 1928–March 1929 22 significant riots in this period. Most serious were the Bombay riots. Other riots in Punjab, Kharagpur, and other places. Many riots occurred during Bakr-i-Id, other causes Hindus Muslims 204+ (149 in ...
Persons performing riot control typically wear protective equipment such as riot helmets, face visors, body armor (vests, neck protectors, knee pads, etc.), gas masks and riot shields. Even though riot tactics are effective in controlling crowds, they can also lead to significant psychological effects on both the rioters and the police.
Brophy, A.L. Reconstructing the dreamland: The Tulsa race riot of 1921 (2002) Brubaker, Rogers, and David D. Laitin. "Ethnic and nationalist violence." Annual Review of sociology 24.1 (1998): 423-452. online; Chicago Commission on Race Relations. The Negro in Chicago: A study of race relations and a race riot (1922) online; Dray, Philip.