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WATCH: Roma And African Migrants Riot On Christmas Day

Members of the Roma community and African migrants fought a running battle on the streets of a small Spanish town on Christmas Day, following the murder of a Guinean man. Police were attacked, petrol bombs thrown and roads blocked. “Garbage bins

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WATCH: London’s Halloween Riot

A number of arrests were made last night at an illegal rave witch descended into a street riot. Revellers charged police, set bins alight and even threw a suspected petrol bomb. Police spent six hours trying to close down the ‘Scumoween’ rave on

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‘All Cops Are Bastards’: Black Bloc Riots in Olympia, Washington

A riot with over 100 anti-police protesters smashed windows and protested the police in Washington State’s capitol city of Olympia, late Friday. The black-clad protestors carried clubs as they marched near downtown Olympia. They shouted “f*** the police” and said they were protesting “Nazis.”

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Jerry Brown’s Protégé in Oakland in Trouble over Riots

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, a former aide to Jerry Brown, is facing strong criticism over her handling of riots in Oakland this week. Because Oakland police allegedly delayed calling for help until roughly 15 minutes after a protest turned violent, Oakland’s Auto Row took a terrible beating on Friday night, with scores of vehicles’ windows smashed as well as the windows of banks and stores

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Australian Darts Tournament Ends in Violence as ‘Drunken Idiots’ Riot

Spectators at Melbourne’s Darts Invitational Challenge, an international darts competition, initiated a riot that suspended the tournament for several hours, throwing chairs and jumping on tables until they broke. Regional government officials have called the incident “very ugly,” as the venue’s security officers were unable to stop the violence without police assistance.