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...that the organization probably wouldn’t be allowed to hold the party again in Lowell, if they were allowed to hold one at all. In the days that followed, friends outside of the black community asked me if I knew anything about the Lowell “riot.” Rumors flew that five people had been hospitalized, and that chairs and windows had been broken in the ensuing chaos. Everyone wanted to know what so many police cars had been doing blocking off the street, but no one seemed to think it was racially motivated. Several...
...Known Unknown Something totally unexpected - a betting scandal, a riot, an Eddy Curry assist - is going to happen this season. Why? Because something unexpected always happens in the NBA. Yi Jianling could defect. Darko Milicic could justify the hype. Ron Artest could punch out a ref, or vice versa. If the NFL is the No Fun League, the NBA is the Never Bet Against it league. What - too soon...
Hundreds of people were trying to pack their way through the single front door, while a hapless police officer attempted to regulate. Stemming from the mass, a trail of people curved around the corner where more police officers looked to be quietly praying a riot didn’t erupt. Teams of local cable news camera vans were parked out front...
...Raffael P. Deluca '08 likened the scene to a "riot." "There were groups of people getting out of hand," Deluca said...
...Following a series of riots in 2005 that pitched impoverished township dwellers against riot police in scenes reminiscent of the apartheid era, President Thabo Mbeki recognized the dangers posed by the ongoing social inequality. "The riots seek to exploit the class and nationality fault lines we inherited from our past," Mbeki told parliament. "If ever they took root, gaining genuine popular support, they would pose a threat to the stability of democratic South Africa." But Altbeker sees the danger exacerbated by the ANC's own policies of pursuing economic growth without promoting social equality. "A large body of economic thinking...