RIOTS!!!!!!

"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."
- Victor Hugo

There have been many a riot throughout our turbulant history, so here is a couple of the more well know riots of our time;

Paris Riots, Paris, France

In November 2005 the french saw the worst riots in 40 years after 2 police officers were accused of "accidentally" electrocuting 2 youths who were hiding from them. Civil unrest spread all across France and on November 8th a state of emergancy was declared.



The riot streched to over 250 towns, over 8000 vehicles were destroyed, caused 200 million euros worth of damage (Shit!), 2888 arrest, 126 police & firefighters were injured and 1 death.

The riots also lead to one of the best foreign films ever "La Haine"



The prime minister at the time Jacques Chirac, ordered his whole cabinet to watch the film in order for them to gain a better understanding of Youth culture in France.....Something tells me in didn't quite work!


LA RIOTS aka RODNEY KING RIOTS, Los Angeles, USA

Probably the worst place to be if you were white policeman or just white in general, was Los Angeles in April 1992. After 4 police officers were filmed and subsequently aquitted of beating the shit out of Rodney king, the African american community got a bit mad! What followed was one of the worst racially motivated riots in history.



The riots lasted 6 days and in that time saw Lootings, Burnings, beatings of local store owners (mostly Korean) and a number of deaths. The best documented count of the dead may be the April 24 2002, "The L.A. 53", by Jim Crogan.
Using coroner's reports, police records and interviews, he documented 53 people and how they died.
"Gunfire killed 35, including eight people shot by law enforcement and two by National Guardsmen. Six died in arson fires. Attackers used sticks or boards to kill two others. Stabbings killed two. Six died in car accidents; two in hit-and-runs. One was strangled.
The violence crossed racial and ethnic lines. The dead included 25 African-Americans, 16 Latinos, eight Caucasians, two Asians, one Algerian, and one Indian or Middle Easterner. Men outnumbered women, 48 to 5."