Phrases with «civil disturbance»

A "civil disturbance" refers to a situation where a group of people engage in actions that disrupt public peace or create unrest in a community or society. It involves protests, riots, or any other form of collective behavior that disturbs the normal functioning and safety of the public. Full definition

Sentences with «civil disturbance»

  • The activist regretted that the NBA had failed «to monitor the prosecution of the scores of murder suspects arrested by the police or indicted by the judicial and administrative panels of inquiry set up by federal and state governments to probe violent civil disturbances in the country.» (dailypost.ng)
  • DALLAS — The same afternoon that hundreds of foundation officers were traveling home from the 1992 Council on Foundations conference in Miami, parts of Los Angeles were aflame, the first of several days of civil disturbances that erupted after the virtual acquittal of four police officers accused of beating Rodney King. (edweek.org)
  • What a terrorist act is not: «general civil disturbances, rioting, or acts of war (declared or undeclared), or the intentional release of a biological material.» (travelinsurancereview.net)
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