Sentences with phrase «violent street riots»

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A star of the Harry Potter films was today sentenced to two years in prison for being part of a violent mob which took to the streets during last summer's riots in London.

Young people under age 25, mainly impoverished blacks, were among the first to begin rioting on the streets of South - Central Los Angeles following the verdict in the Rodney G. King beating case, representing the leading edge of a violent wave that within hours brought rioters of all ages and racial and ethnic backgrounds out across the city, local observers said last week.

You don't stop playing, but nod, and I imagine this street not too long ago, how it saw the local teachers» strike lead to violent protests, riots, cars set aflame, rocks hurled, barking guns, military intervention.