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A riot or mob violence is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people . Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property targeted varies depending on the riot and the inclinations of those involved.
Burning buildings amid riots in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on May 29; Police and protesters stand off in Seattle on May 30; Vehicles on fire during a riot in Washington, D.C., on May 30; Georgia National Guard and police clash with protesters in Atlanta in late May-early June; Protesters and counter-protesters faceoff in Columbus, Ohio, on July 18
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1861–1865: American Civil War, April 12 – 9, United States. 1861 – Baltimore Riot of 1861, April 19, (a.k.a. the Pratt Street Riot), Baltimore, Maryland. 1861 – Camp Jackson Affair, May 10, Union forces clash with Confederate sympathizers on the streets of St. Louis, 28 dead, 100 injured, St. Louis, Missouri.
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.
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Urban riot. Riots often occur in reaction to a perceived grievance or out of dissent. Riots may be the outcome of a sporting event, although many riots have occurred due to poor working or living conditions, government oppression, conflicts between races or religions. Rapid urbanization has led to the rise of urban riots, often inner city.
The King assassination riots, also known as the Holy Week Uprising, were a wave of civil disturbance which swept across the United States following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Some of the biggest riots took place in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Kansas City.
1710–1713 – Boston Bread Riot ( Boston, British America) 1713 – Dublin election riot ( Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland) 1714 – Coronation riots, England. 1715 – 1715 England riots. 1726 – Riot in Dresden for two days after a Protestant clergyman was killed by a soldier who had recently converted from Catholicism.