Tag: riots
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US Marines fail to deploy on the streets of Los Angeles due to bureaucratic problems
The US Marines that were ordered to be deployed by the US federal government in Los Angeles to supposedly quell the alleged riots, have not been deployed on the streets yet as bureaucratic and logistical problems hampered their active deployment. The US Marines were deployed without any resources including food, water and lodging and were…
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President Trump deploys 500 US Marines in the streets of Los Angeles
A battalion, of around 500 US Marines, stationed at Twentynine Palms in California has been mobilised in the streets of Los Angeles, California, in response to ongoing protests and riots against the detention of illegal immigrants by ICE officers. The Governor of California, Gavin Newsom accused the US President of deploying the troops without any…
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US Defense Secretary threatens protesters with US troops after ICE raids spark protests and riots
Protests are ongoing in Los Angeles, California after ICE officers begun conducting raids in the city to deport illegal immigrants at the start of the weekend. ICE is being criticised for avoiding the legal due process, acting beyond the limits of the law and using authoritarian methods on their suspects and detainees. ICE has also…
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Malta celebrates the Seventh June riots
Malta is today celebrating the 106 anniversary of the Seventh June Riots (1919), the event in which the Maltese people rioted and protested on a national scale against the British Colonial Government and the Maltese wheat merchants during its one of its biggest food crisis in history. The First World War had elevated the cost…
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Turks riot in Eindhoven, Netherlands, after their football team loses 2-1 to the Netherlands in the Euro Quarterfinals
Turks rioted in Eindhoven, Netherlands after their national football team lost 2 – 1 to the Netherlands in Berlin in the Euro 2024 Quarterfinals. The Netherlands will now face-off England at the Semifinals. Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan was present at the game. Turkey’s star-defender missed the game as he sits out a UEFA suspension for…
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Several protesters shot dead as riots erupt in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi
Several protesters were shot dead, yesterday as riots erupted in the centre of the capital Nairobi. Protesters attempted to storm the Kenyan Parliament while looters attacked shops and small businesses. Demonstrators were protesting high tax increases that are aimed at reducing Kenyan’s growing deficit before the protests turned violent. Auma Obama, (Barack Obama’s sister) was…
