By the 1920s Greenwood is this incredible prosperous community. People referred to it as Black Wall Street. Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre, woman, History 2021
The worst single incident of racial violence in American history begins: this wall of white people start moving towards Greenwood. They are carrying pistols and shotguns but also carrying cans of gasoline and matches. ibid. dude
They had bombs dropping from the air. ibid. dude #2
Not one of those men what participated in the race riots were ever brought to justice. ibid. dude #3
We just dumped bodies of human beings, of patriots, of veterans, of teachers, of husbands, of wives, of children, in mass graves. ibid. dude #3
It started with a disturbance in the prison chapel this morning. Within minutes a full-scale riot had begun. Strangeways Riot: 25 Days of Mayhem, news, Channel 5 2022
This is the story of Britain’s most brutal prison riot. Told by those who lived through it. ibid.
Britain in 1990 was a nation in turmoil. Margaret Thatcher’s government was in decline. Violent scenes rocked London as the Poll Tax riots erupted. And the criminal justice system was at breaking point. Despite a hard line from Westminster. Reported crime had almost doubled in a decade. And many of the country’s ageing prisons were full beyond capacity. ibid.
As the prison staff retreated, they left over 1,600 prisoners to fend for themselves. And many of them feared for their lives. ibid.
But whilst they partied on the roof, the evening news was reporting a darker picture of what might be happening inside the prison. ibid.
On the roof the riot had now turned into a celebration. ibid.
A wave of violence was about to break out across the whole prison system. ibid.
At Strangeways, what had begun as a riot was now a siege. ibid.
147 prison staff and 47 inmates were injured during the riot. One prisoner and one prison officer later died in hospital. Alan Lord served an additional 10 years in prison for his role in the riot. John Murray served an additional 4 years. Published in the wake of the riots, the Woolf Report led to major improvements across the prison system. Including an end to slopping out. In the time since the riot, the prison population in England and Wales has risen by 74%. ibid. captions
August 2011: anarchy in the UK. A peaceful protest in north London resulted in scenes of destruction across England. Shops looted and buildings torched. Police officers, firefighters and journalists attacked. Thousands of rioters caused mayhem in city centres and suburbs. This is the story of the people at the heart of the riots. Riot: The Week England Burned, Channel 5 2022
Police had stopped Mark Duggan because they suspected he had a gun. In an altercation firearms officers opened fire. He was pronounced dead at the scene. ibid.
Tottenham is exploding into chaos. Police officers from around the capital are quickly dispatched to the area. And more firefighters are drafted in too as buildings, cars and a bus are set alight. ibid.
Lawlessness in Tottenham descends into looting. ibid.
Riots in Enfield, six miles away from Tottenham, is escalating. ibid.
Over the next two days the anarchy is about to get even worse. ibid.
Fires in many of the capital’s suburbs are burning out of control. ibid.
These two men were the ringleaders behind Britain’s most notorious and violent prison riot. 25 years ago nearly 2,000 inmates broke out of their cells and took over Strangeways Prison in Manchester. Strangeways: Britain’s Toughest Prison Riot, BBC 2015
Cameras had already captured the brutal conditions inside the prison. ibid.
22nd March 1968 were the first rumblings of what would then become very famous as the May 1968 Paris riots. 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond, commentator, Sky Arts 2018
And for the most brutal riot in the UK prison history. Britain’s Notorious Prisons s1e1: Strangeways, former inmate, ITV 2023
‘You’ll never take back our country with weakness; you have to show strength.’ The Capitol Riot Explained, Trump, Youtube 31.13, Second Thought 2021
One of the dumbest days in American history. ibid.
Conservatives have been calling for stopping the steal and overthrowing the government for months. ibid.
We also saw literal Nazis … This guy is wearing a Camp Auschwitz shirt bearing the words Work Brings Freedom. ibid.
We are more divided than ever and in ways that are fundamental and impossible to compromise on. ibid.