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The climate and the events of the last decade, and the steady pressure of the `` cold '' war, have given Americans yet another means of avoiding self-examination, and so it has been decided that the riots were `` Communist '' inspired.
In the end after three days of riots 1, 139 looms were destroyed, 4 rioters and 2 bystanders shot dead by the authorities in Rossendale and 41 rioters sentenced to death ( all of whose sentences were commuted ).
Brawling and wrestling tactics continued, and riots at prizefights were common occurrences.
Furthermore, during the Xinjiang riots of July 2009, crossbows were used alongside modern military hardware to quell protestors.
Organized by an early GLF leader Brenda Howard, the Stonewall riots were commemorated by annual marches that became known as Gay pride parades.
Fear of what the changes might mean for them ( as much of the country's businesses were Chinese owned ), a Malay backlash resulted, leading rapidly to riots and inter-communal violence in which about 6, 000 Chinese homes and businesses were burned and at least 184 people were killed.
There were also riots against supporters of Venizelos in Athens ( the Noemvriana ).
Moscow revolted but riots there were brutally suppressed and the city was set on fire.
" Following the Indonesian riots of May 1998 and the resignation of President Suharto, several political reforms were set in motion via amendments to the Constitution of Indonesia, which resulted in changes to all branches of government.
The main event in the First Republic in the sixties was the inclusion of the Socialist party in the government, after the reducing edge of the Christian Democracy ( DC ) had forced them to accept this alliance ; attempts to incorporate the Italian Social Movement ( MSI ) in the Tambroni government led to riots, and were short-lived.
Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles originally planned on a main hall of the Hagia Sophia that measured 230 feet by 250 feet, making it the largest church in Constantinople, but the original dome was nearly 20 feet lower than it was constructed, “ Justinian suppressed these riots and took the opportunity of marking his victory by erecting in 532-7 the new Hagia Sophia, one of the largest, most lavish, and most expensive buildings of all time .” Although Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles were not formally educated in architecture, they were scientists that could organize the logistics of drawing thousands of laborers and unprecedented loads of rare raw materials from around the Roman Empire to create the Hagia Sophia for Emperor Justinian I.
Following her cremation, millions of Sikhs were displaced and nearly three thousand were killed in anti-Sikh riots.
Tensions reached a peak in when four students were shot dead at Trisakti University by security forces ; four days of riots and violence ensued that killed an estimated 1, 200, and destroyed or damaged 6, 000 buildings.
Foreign missionaries were attacked and anti foreign riots broke out.
As riots broke out and savings were ruined, bankrupting shopowners, Ching-kuo began to attack the wealthy, seizing assets and placing them under arrest.
The Knights were also responsible for race riots that resulted in the deaths of about 28 Chinese Americans in the Rock Springs massacre in Wyoming, and an estimated 50 African-American sugar-cane laborers in the 1887 Thibodaux massacre in Louisiana.
Thai-Lao relations were strained somewhat in 2006 ahead of the release of the sports comedy Lucky Loser, which Lao diplomats warned might offend Lao people and spark disturbances similar to the 2003 Phnom Penh riots.
On 13 January 2009, there were severe riots in Riga, with protesters attacking the building of the parliament.
Several government buildings were set on fire during the riots.
In border areas some 10 — 12 million people moved from one side to another and upwards of a half million were killed in communal riots pitting Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.

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The first of many such conflicts was known as the Watermelon War of 1856, where U. S. soldiers mistreated locals causing large-scale race riots that U. S. Marines eventually put down.
The combination of the unpopularity of Johnson, the Chicago riots, and the discouragement of liberals and African-Americans when both Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were assassinated during the election year, were all contributing factors that caused him to eventually lose the election to former Vice President Nixon.
Competition on the goldfields, particularly resentment among white miners towards the successes of Chinese miners, led to tensions between groups and eventually a series of significant protests and riots, including the Buckland Riot in 1857 and the Lambing Flat Riots between 1860 and 1861.
While the ethnic based army was generally successful on the battlefields, they began to have negative effects on the Fatimid's internal politics, traditionally the Berber element of the army had the strongest sway over political affairs, but as the Turkish element grew more powerful they began to challenge this, and eventually by 1020 serious riots began to break out among the Black African troops who were fighting back against a Berber / Turks Alliance.
Line troops and militia were brought in from surrounding counties, swelling the forces at Amherst's disposal to over 15, 000 many of whom were quartered in tents in Hyde Park and a form of Martial Law was declared, giving the troops the authority to fire on crowds if the Riot Act had first been read ; although order was eventually restored, Amherst was personally alarmed by the failure of the authorities to suppress the riots.
The council refused and severe riots ensued, but eventually order was restored.
These protests expanded into massive riots, which eventually forced Satō to close the prestigious University of Tokyo for a year in 1969.
After fasting for days, Sriramulu eventually died on December 15, 1952, triggering riots in Madras city and the Telugu-speaking districts of the state.
The decision to ban him from ever returning to the country because of his advocacy for the working poor in that country caused riots to break out, eventually claiming the lives of several people and causing millions of dollars in damages.
One of the major riots was led by Saigō Takamori, the Satsuma rebellion, which eventually turned into a civil war.
When he eventually participated, he appeared in the youth theatre's production of Fighting Chance, a play about the riots in Liverpool.
Kneale was keen to write a story that would work as an allegory for the racial tensions that had recently been seen in the United Kingdom, which eventually culminated with the Notting Hill race riots of August and September 1958.
The public eventually demanded action and Skeleton riots in London were belatedly put down.
These events heightened tension in Alexandria, and eventually triggered violent riots with loss of life on both sides.
The riots, which came to be known as the " Ponpo Aiyepeju ", were eventually put down by the Nigerian police.
Following the riots, amendments to the Act were made and the common schools system was eventually abandoned, replaced with a predominantly public schooling system but retaining government-subsidised religious schools.
The Lam Bun assassination angered the people of Hong Kong, eventually leading the government of Hong Kong to suppress the riots.
Efforts to merge these towns with the neighboring city of Nagoya began in 1953 and 1955, but were virulently opposed by the local residents, resulting recall motions for town mayors, and eventually violent riots.

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The army suppressed riots and counter-revolutionary activities.
The riots were suppressed by French army and Opangault was arrested.
These culminated in the Protectorate-wide riots of 1955-1956, which were suppressed only by a considerable slaughter of peasants by the army.
New riots broke out in June 1976, and although they were forcibly suppressed, the planned price increases were canceled.
John W. Fiero cites Los Angeles riots of 1992 as an example of sudden, explosive release of suppressed anger.
The Khalistan-related militant activities continued in the 1990s, as the perpetrators of the 1984 riots remained unpunished, and many Sikhs felt that they were being discriminated and their religious rights were being suppressed.
New riots broke out in June 1976, and although they were forcibly suppressed, the planned price increases were canceled.
Emperor Justinian did so, until the riots had been suppressed, after which he reinstated John as prefect and Tribonian as quaestor.
Tens of thousands died in battles and riots ; on March 17 – 19, 1611, the Poles and German mercenaries suppressed riots in Moscow ; they massacred 7, 000 Muscovites and set the city on fire.
Duties varied: riots were suppressed in Belfast, England, and the Middle East ; bases were garrisoned in places such as the North-West Frontier Province and West Germany ; and reviews and parades conducted throughout the regiment's history.
On 16 October a series of riots, known as the Rodney Riots broke out, after peaceful protest by students from the University of the West Indies campus at Mona, was suppressed by police ; rioting spreading throughout Kingston.
Religious riots broke out due to the demands of the Mongols, and anyone who was not a Muslim was tortured and suppressed.
The riots were suppressed after four days of fighting by Prussian troops, whose assistance Beust had requested.
On October 28, 1939 ( anniversary of the independence of the Czechoslovak Republic ) there were anti-Nazi demonstrations and riots in Prague, which were suppressed by Nazi forces.
In 1962, the local food riots were brutally suppressed by the Soviet Army in the event known as the Novocherkassk massacre.
There were religious riots in Cairo and rebellions in Upper Egypt which were harshly suppressed.
The Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock suppressed the riots aggressively and Lim Chin Siong, with many other leftists, were arrested.
1907 saw the greatest number of disputes in a decade, with large-scale riots at Japan's two leading copper mines, Ashio and Besshi, which were only suppressed by the use of troops.
He suppressed the riots in Paris in 1831 and 1832, 1834 and 1839.
Consequently there were many riots, but ultimately these were suppressed by local orders.

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