A police riot is a riot carried out by the police; more specifically, it is a riot that police are responsible for instigating, escalating or sustaining...

Riot police are police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots. Riot police may be regular police officers...

Riot Police Unit (機動隊, Kidō-tai) are the rapid reaction forces of Japanese prefectural police. These units are not only riot police, but a type of emergency...

riots is often a difficult task for police forces. They may use tear gas or CS gas to control rioters. Riot police may use less-than-lethal methods of...

riot squads may also use Long Range Acoustic Devices, water cannons, armoured fighting vehicles, aerial surveillance, police dogs or mounted police on...

and Aldershot. On 2 August, rioting took place in Sunderland, where a Citizens Advice bureau was set on fire and police officers were injured and several...

The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the...

natural causes a day after being assaulted by rioters. Many people were injured, including 174 police officers. Four officers who responded to the attack...

The 1981 Brixton riot, or Brixton uprising, was a series of clashes between mainly black youths and the Metropolitan Police in Brixton, London, between...

and police. Another rally was held on August 6. Here, the police charged a crowd of protesters, and a riot ensued. Bystanders, activists, police officers...

including four by stabbing. On the night of the riot, nearly 100 arrests were made by the Vancouver police, including 85 for breach of peace, 8 for public...

Stonewall Inn and attracted a crowd that was incited to riot. Tensions between New York City police and gay residents of Greenwich Village erupted into more...

until the New York Draft Riots of 1863. Order was restored by the New York State Militia, supported by detachments of city police, under Major-General Charles...

New York City Police Riot (New York, United States) 1860 – Lambing Flat riots (New South Wales, now in Australia) 1861 – Election Riots (St. John's, Newfoundland...

riots took place between 6 and 11 August 2011 in cities and towns across England, which saw looting and arson, as well as mass deployment of police and...

1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots, or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) were a series of riots and civil disturbances...

A riot shield is a lightweight protection device, typically deployed by police and some military organizations, though also utilized by protestors. Riot...

public, but also police officers, and 339 people had been arrested. Scuffles between rioters and police continued until 3 am. Rioters attacked numerous...

Cenat was taken into police custody by the New York City Police Department during the riot and was charged with inciting a riot and unlawful assembly...

1857 – New York City Police Riot, June 16, New York City 1857 – Dead Rabbits Riot, July 4–5, New York City 1858 – Know-Nothing Riot 1858, New Orleans, Louisiana...

The New York City Police Riot of 1857, known at the time as the Great Police Riot, was a conflict which occurred in front of New York City Hall between...

from August 11 to 16, 1965. The riots were motivated by anger at the racist and abusive practices of the Los Angeles Police Department, as well as grievances...

The Brixton riots of 1995 began on 13 December after the death of a black 26-year-old, Wayne Douglas, in police custody. Douglas had allegedly robbed...

"Marches and Vigils Across the US Respond to the Police Killing of Forest Defender Tort". Unicorn Riot. Archived from the original on January 28, 2023...

The Baltimore riot of 1861 (also called the "Pratt Street Riots" and the "Pratt Street Massacre") was a civil conflict on Friday, April 19, 1861, on Pratt...

within the city's Irish community, in that "mostly Irish American rioters confronted police, [while] soldiers, and pro-war politicians ... were also to a...

together against the wealthy who controlled the city's police and the state militia. The riot resulted in the largest number of civilian casualties due...

The Houston race riot of 1917, also known as the Camp Logan Mutiny, was a mutiny and riot by 156 soldiers from the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment of...

Bangladesh, police often carry a large bamboo stick called a lathi (Odia: ବାଡ଼ି, Tamil: குறுந்தடி, Hindi: लाठी) that is used during riot controlling or...

gathering turned violent and the police attempted to protect individuals of ethnic minority groups who were attacked by the rioters. Violence spread to other...