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Since taking office some 100 days ago Keir Starmer’s government has faltered, derailed by the challenge of race riots, minor, vexatious scandals over gifts to Labour ministers and the sheer magnitude of the task of turning around the UK economy.
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
The city was recovering from the police killing of Arthur McDuffie, which touched off devastating race riots.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
The federal judge overseeing the challenge to Illinois’ gun and magazine ban questioned what would have happened if Black victims of the East St. Louis race riot of 1917 had such firearms.
—Greg Bishop | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Sep. 2024
In 1991, Jones won two Emmys, one for his portrayal of private detective Gabriel Bird in Gabriel’s Fire, the other for his supporting role in the TV movie Heat Wave, a drama about the 1965 Watts race riots.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
The city was recovering from the police killing of Arthur McDuffie, which touched off devastating race riots.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
The federal judge overseeing the challenge to Illinois’ gun and magazine ban questioned what would have happened if Black victims of the East St. Louis race riot of 1917 had such firearms.
—Greg Bishop | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Sep. 2024
In 1991, Jones won two Emmys, one for his portrayal of private detective Gabriel Bird in Gabriel’s Fire, the other for his supporting role in the TV movie Heat Wave, a drama about the 1965 Watts race riots.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Race riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race%20riot. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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