Re: Watching Trump's inauguration Riots are definitely not the way to go sometimes or are they? here are a few example of "riots" that happened in US History.....It's all about perspective, our views all depend on which side your on.
1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot, New York City, New York
1835 – Gentleman's Riot], Boston, Massachusetts
1837 – Flour Riots, New York City, New York
1844 – Philadelphia Nativist Riots, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (anti-immigration)
1853 – Cincinnati Riot of 1853, Cincinnati, Ohio
1855 – Bloody Monday, Know-Nothing Party riot, August 6, Louisville, Kentucky (anti-immigration)
1856 – Know-Nothing Riot of 1856, Baltimore, Maryland
1861 – Camp Jackson Affair
1871 – Los Angeles anti-Chinese riot
1874 – Election Riot of 1874, Barbour County, Alabama
1874 – Battle of Liberty Place, New Orléans, Louisiana
1894 – May Day riots of 1894, May 1, Cleveland, Ohio
1943 – Zoot Suit Riots, July 3, Los Angeles, California (anti-Hispanic and anti-zoot suit)
This one is probably one of the best know riots in our History:
the Destruction of the Tea in Boston (The Boston Tea Party) |