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Riots  

What is a riot? Riots  are a form of civil disorders caused by groups of noisy, violent public  lashing out in a sudden act of violence, vandalism, theft or other crime  against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets. It is often referred to as a breach of piece witch is punishable by law. There are many different types of riots from anti government riots all over the world to some of the stranger ones, anti-emo riots in Mexico      What can a riot cause? A riot can cause a millions of damage to government property or any other property in the area it happens, people can get beaten up, mugged, left in a bloody mess and even killed depending on how violent the riot is. A lot of people die from being trampled underneath a riot. Stores may become bankrupt in the event of a riot by the presence of “looters.” “Looters” are people only involved in a riot for the purpose of robbing stores.  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 26pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Andy; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">What does a riot achieve? A riots purpose is to achieve the views of the people carrying it out. Sometimes a riots is heard out and the government or whoever the riot is against, how ever sometimes the riot is ignored and that is when things become dangerous A lot of people turn against riots because of how drastic the people become in showing their own opinion <span style="FONT-SIZE: 23pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Andy; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Why do protests become riots? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Andy; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> A protest becomes a riot when the peoples beliefs are so strong and the people the protest is against wont listen, people unleash their fury onto the surrounding objects and people. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">In the 1960s there were signs within many cities across America that the peacefulness in the protests of the civil rights movement would not last. Urban riots  and violent protest seemed inevitable. Bibliography