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Others have done so to break strikes, tamp down election or race riots, and enforce court orders or tax collection.
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Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2024
An influential pastor and civil rights leader who used his tenure at one of Los Angeles’ oldest churches to uplift the predominantly Black neighborhoods following one of the country’s worst race riots.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Examples include the 1943 Detroit race riot and 1967 uprising, multiple eras of discriminatory policing and the 1992 killing of Malice Green, a failure to address the educational needs of Black students, redlining and the construction of freeways and industrial factories in Black neighborhoods.
—Malachi Barrett, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
In August, Musk boosted a fake news headline purporting to be from the Telegraph that said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was considering building 'emergency detainment camps' on the Falkland Islands to detain prisoners from an outbreak of race riots in the country.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2024
An influential pastor and civil rights leader who used his tenure at one of Los Angeles’ oldest churches to uplift the predominantly Black neighborhoods following one of the country’s worst race riots.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Examples include the 1943 Detroit race riot and 1967 uprising, multiple eras of discriminatory policing and the 1992 killing of Malice Green, a failure to address the educational needs of Black students, redlining and the construction of freeways and industrial factories in Black neighborhoods.
—Malachi Barrett, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
In August, Musk boosted a fake news headline purporting to be from the Telegraph that said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was considering building 'emergency detainment camps' on the Falkland Islands to detain prisoners from an outbreak of race riots in the country.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Race riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race%20riot. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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