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Riot control measures are used by law enforcement, military, paramilitary or security forces to control, disperse, and arrest people who are involved in a riot, unlawful demonstration or unlawful protest . If a riot is spontaneous and irrational, actions which cause people to stop and think for a moment (e.g. loud noises or issuing instructions ...
Water cannon. A water cannon is a device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water. Typically, a water cannon can deliver a large volume of water, often over dozens of meters. They are used in firefighting, large vehicle washing, riot control, and mining. Most water cannons fall under the category of a fire monitor .
Riot during G-20 Toronto, June 2010 Crowd behavior is the emotional needs, fears, and prejudices of the crowd members. [1] It is driven by social factors such as the strength, or weakness, of leadership, moral perspective, or community uniformity, and also by psychological factors of suggestion e.g. imitation, anonymity, impersonality ...
2. c. 5), sometimes called the Riot Act 1714 [2] or the Riot Act 1715, [3] was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which authorised local authorities to declare any group of 12 or more people to be unlawfully assembled and order them to disperse or face punitive action. The act's full title was "An Act for preventing tumults and riotous ...
Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist protest and performance art group based in Moscow that became popular for its provocative punk rock music which later turned into a more accessible style. Founded in the fall of 2011 by 22 year old Nadya Tolokonnikova, it has had a membership of approximately 11 women.
The Crown Heights riot was an important issue that was raised repeatedly on the campaign trail in the 1993 mayoral election. According to Edward S. Shapiro, politicians opposed to Mayor Dinkins used the word ' pogrom ' to characterize the riot in order to discredit the mayor's response to the riot, writing "the controversy over how to define ...
Battle Riot VI is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW), which will take place on June 1, 2024, at the Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia. It will be the sixth event under the Battle Riot chronology and the first to air live since Battle Riot II in 2019.
A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners. Academic studies of prison riots emphasize a connection between prison conditions (such as prison overcrowding ) and riots, [1] [2] [3] or discuss the dynamics of the modern prison riot.