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  2. Riot Games - Wikipedia

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    Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop League of Legends and went on to develop several spin-off games and the unrelated first-person shooter game Valorant.

  3. Riot police - Wikipedia

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    Riot police may be regular police officers who act in the role of riot police in particular situations, or they may be separate units organized within or in parallel to regular police forces. Riot police are used in a variety of different situations and for a variety of different purposes. They may be employed to control riots as their name ...

  4. Riot control - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Hard Hat Riot - Wikipedia

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    The Hard Hat Riot occurred on May 8, 1970, in New York City. It started around noon when around 400 construction workers and around 800 office workers attacked around 1,000 demonstrators affiliated with the student strike of 1970. The students were protesting the May 4 Kent State shootings and the Vietnam War, following the April 30 ...

  6. Haymarket affair - Wikipedia

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    The Haymarket affair, also known as the Haymarket massacre, the Haymarket riot, the Haymarket Square riot, or the Haymarket Incident, was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois, United States. [2] The rally began peacefully in support of workers striking for ...

  7. Compton's Cafeteria riot - Wikipedia

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    The Compton's Cafeteria riot occurred in August 1966 in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The riot was a response to the violent and constant police harassment of drag queens and trans people, particularly trans women. The incident was one of the first LGBT -related riots in United States history, preceding the more famous 1969 ...

  8. Something Wicked This Way Comes: Pussy Riot - AOL

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    Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, sitting in a glass-walled Moscow court cage in 2012 for sentencing after their convictions for ...

  9. List of police tactical units - Wikipedia

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    Dienst Vervoer en Ondersteuning (Transport and Support Service) - In addition to the offices and training facilities of the Agency, also consists out of: Landelijke Bijzondere Bijstandseenheid (National Special Support Unit) - High-risk prison riot, shakedown and evacuation unit. Also includes canine units and escorts for when prisoners have to ...