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In The 21st Century Leftists, Blacks, and College Students Have a Monoply on Rioting
There's been a lot of talk about rioting around the forum so I figured I would tally up all of the riots of the 21st Century to see if I can establish a trend. I pulled the below riots from Wikipedia. List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia . For those of you wondering why there are so many black mob attacks missing, evidently the usual black mob attack doesn't count as rioting/civil unrest because they did it for no other reason then to have some fun or steal some loot and they lasted for only a few minutes to a few hours without a major police presence. My findings are the following.
In the 21st Century United States there have been
1 Cuban Riot
1 Puerto Rican Riot
7 College Student Riots
14 Leftist Riots
10 Black Riots
The Data
21st century
2000s
2010s
There's been a lot of talk about rioting around the forum so I figured I would tally up all of the riots of the 21st Century to see if I can establish a trend. I pulled the below riots from Wikipedia. List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia . For those of you wondering why there are so many black mob attacks missing, evidently the usual black mob attack doesn't count as rioting/civil unrest because they did it for no other reason then to have some fun or steal some loot and they lasted for only a few minutes to a few hours without a major police presence. My findings are the following.
In the 21st Century United States there have been
1 Cuban Riot
1 Puerto Rican Riot
7 College Student Riots
14 Leftist Riots
10 Black Riots
The Data
21st century
2000s
- 2000 – Elián González affair, Miami, Florida
- 2000 – Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks, June 11, Central Park, New York City, New York
- 2001 – 2001 Cincinnati Riots, April 10–12, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2003 – Benton Harbor Riot, June 2003, Benton Harbor, Michigan
- 2003 – Miami FTAA Protests, November 2003, Miami, Florida
- 2005 – Civil disturbances and military action in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, August – Sept., New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2005 – 2005 Toledo Riot, October 15, Toledo, Ohio
- 2006 – San Bernardino punk riot, March 4, San Bernardino, California
- 2007 – The Los Angeles May Day mêlée, May 1, Los Angeles, California
- 2008 – Cedar Fest riot 2008, Michigan State University, April 5, 52 arrested, East Lansing, Michigan
- 2008 – Republican National Convention Protests, St. Paul, March, over 1000 arrested, St. Paul, Minnesota
- 2009 – Riots against BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, January 7, 120 arrested, Oakland, California
- 2009 – College Fest riot, Kent State University, April 25, more than 50 arrested Kent, Ohio
- 2009 – Spring Jam/Dinkytown riot, University of Minnesota, April 25, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 2009 – Palmer Fest melee, Ohio University, May 10, Athens, Ohio
- 2009 – 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit protests, Sept. 24-25, 193 arrested
2010s
- 2010 – University of Tennessee Lane Kiffin Riot. Students riot on the Knoxville campus following head football coach Lane Kiffin's announcement that he took the head coaching job at the University of Southern California.
- 2010 – University of Maryland basketball disturbance 2010, College Park, Maryland, March 3 following a game; 28 arrested.
- 2010 – Springfest Riot, April 10, 200 police disperse crowd of 8000 using tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and bean bag rounds, near the campus of James Madison University; dozens injured; 30-35 arrested., Harrisonburg, Virginia
- 2010 – Santa Cruz May Day riot, May 1, 250 rampage through downtown Santa Cruz attacking 18 businesses, causing an estimated $100,000 in damages. 1 arrested. Santa Cruz, California
- 2010 – BART Verdict riot, July 8, Riot breaks out in response to verdict in the killing of Oscar Grant, BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant. About 100 businesses were damaged and 78 people were arrested, Oakland, California
- 2010 – Eugene Melee, Sept 25, Riot breaks out west of the University of Oregon campus as police use tear gas to break up a rowdy party. 9 arrested. Eugene, Oregon
- 2010 – Oakland Protest riot, Nov. 5, Police made more than 150 arrests as a crowd broke windows and knocked down fences, protesting sentence of former BART officer in shooting of Oscar Grant on New Years Day 2009 see BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant., Oakland, California
- 2011 – Pennsylvania State University Joe Paterno Riot. Students riot in protest of the decision of the Board of Trustees to fire head football coach Joe Paterno. State College, Pennsylvania
- 2011 – Occupy Wall Street (Brooklyn Bridge Protests). Demonstrators blocked the bridge and more than 700 people were arrested. Brooklyn, New York
- 2011 – Occupy Wall Street Oakland Protests Riots. October. Protesters shattered windows, set fires, and plastered buildings with graffiti. Riot police fired heavy amounts of tear gas on the protesters.
- 2012 – NATO 2012 Chicago Summit May. Conflict between riot police. Dozens of demonstrators clubbed and arrested.
- 2012 – Anaheim police shooting and protests, July 28. Violence erupted after multiple shootings in the neighborhood by police that included unarmed Manuel Diaz. 24 people were arrested
- 2013 – Brooklyn Riots, March 9. Riots erupt for several nights after the controversial shooting of Kimani Gray. Over 46 demonstrators were arrested.
- 2013 – Seattle May Day Protest Riots, May 1st, 17 Arrested as Seattle May Day Protests Turn Violent.
- 2014 – Deltopia Party Turns Violent, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 5, Over 80 Arrested and over 8 police officers Injured.[1]
- 2014 – Ferguson, Missouri, August 10. Protests turned into violent riots and unrest after the death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, who was shot by a Ferguson police officer. Multiple arrests because of curfew violations and looting.[2]
- 2014 – New York City/Berkeley, California – After prosecutors and a grand jury refused to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, many people protested against it in New York City and other cities, some of them causing unrest. In New York, several people were arrested for assault on a police officer, and in Berkeley, multiple people were arrested for looting and vandalizing.
- 2015 – Baltimore, MD – Mass looting amid riot protesting the death of Freddy Gray. 35 people have been arrested and 15 police officers injured, 7 seriously. Baltimore Orioles home game against the Chicago White Sox on April 27 postponed due to danger of looters. National outrage over looting CVS and other establishments as well as the burning down of a senior center.
