Tuesday, June 18, 2019

US Civil Unrest 2000–2017


47 events
2000 – Elián González affair, Miami FL Cuban refugee returned to Cuba over family objections.
2000 – Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks, NYC marchers robbed and assaulted bystanders.
2001 – Seattle Mardi Gras riot, WA marchers attacked bystanders $100,000 damage.
2001 – 2001 Cincinnati Riots, OH police shot black teen. Riots cost  $10 million in damages.
2003 – Benton Harbor riot, MI police chase black who crashed and died, blacks torched.houses.
2003 – Miami FTAA Protests, FL installed surveillance and banned demonstrations.
2004 – 2004 American League Championship Series, MA Boston Red Sox win, riot ensues.
2005 – 2005 Toledo riot, OH national socialist march to protest black gangs.
2006 – San Bernardino punk riot, CA rock concert draws Antifa and skin-heads.
2007 – The Los Angeles May Day mêlée, CA pro-illegal immigrant rally blocked streets.
2009 – Riots against BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, CA police got manslaughter conviction
2009 – Akron riots, OH screaming teen arrested for disorderly conduct, 7 arrested
2009 – 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit protests, ACLU sued to allow protests. 193 arrested.
2010 – Springfest riot, VA outside group gate-crashes college block party and riot when asked to leave.James Madison University; dozens injured. 30–35 arrested.
2010 – Santa Cruz May Day riot, CA Marxist non-profit event has 250 rampage damates18 businesses, causing $100,000 in damages. 1 arrested.
2010 – Oakland protest riot, CA police shoot black felon, manslaughter verdict prompts property damage riot, 150 arrests.
2011 – Occupy Wall Street (Brooklyn Bridge protests).NY Demonstrators blocked the bridge and more than 700 people arrested.
2011 – Occupy Wall Street Oakland protests riots. October. Protesters shattered windows, set fires, and plastered buildings with graffiti. Riot police fired heavy amounts of tear gas on the protesters.
2012 – NATO 2012 Chicago Summit, May. Conflict between riot police and protesters. Dozens of demonstrators clubbed and arrested.
2012 – Anaheim police shooting and protests, July 28. Violence erupted after multiple shootings in the neighborhood by police that included unarmed Manuel Diaz. 24 people were arrested
2013 – Flatbush Riots, March 11, Riots in Brooklyn, New York after the death of Kimani Gray who was shot and killed by NYPD
2014 – Bundy Standoff. an armed confrontation between supporters of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and law enforcement following a 21-year legal dispute in which the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) obtained court orders directing Bundy to pay over $1 million in withheld grazing fees for Bundy's use of federally-owned land adjacent to Bundy's ranch in southeastern Nevada.
2014 – Ferguson unrest, St. Louis, MO, police shoot black teen in scuffle over gun prompts property damage protests for months with arrests.
2014 - Vonderrit Myers Jr. shooting St Louis MO. Black man shoots at police who return fire and kill him. No charges result in riots.
2014 –death of Eric Garner, NYC black man with multiple felonies dies of asthma attack after police arrest. No indictment of police prompts protests in NY and CA.
2014 Oakland riots, CA riots in reaction to Shooting of Michael Brown and the death of Eric Garner,
2014 - Berkeley, Missouri, December 23-24. Antonio Martin is shot to death by police in a St. Louis suburb nearby to Ferguson, leading to violent conflict with police, and looting.
2015 – 2015 Baltimore protests, MD riots follow the death of Freddie Gray.while in police custody. 34 people are arrested and 15 Officers injured after rioting and looting break out.
2015 -  Mansur Ball-Bey St. Louis MO police shoot black teenager while attempting to serve a warrant prompting property damage riot and looting.
2016 – Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR 1 killed and several dozen arrested.
2016 – 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, March 11. Five people arrested and two police officers injured during a demonstration at the UIC Pavilion.
2016 – Democracy Spring rally in April. March to Washington D.C. and sit-ins lead to arrests.
2016 – 2016 Sacramento riot, CA white separatist rally vs left-wing Antifa counter protesters at the California State Capitol. 10 treated at hospital.
2016 – Shooting of Alton Sterling Baton Rouge LA police shoot black felon resisting arrest and shooting of Philando Castile. MN police shoot armed black man at traffic stop. 261 arrested in NYC, Chicago, St. Paul, Baton Rouge, and other cities.
2016 – 2016 Milwaukee riots, WI police shoot black men Sylville Smith armed with stolen handgun and Dontre Hamilton prompting property damage riots.
2016 – 2016 Charlotte riot, September 20–21, Protests and riots break out in response to the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a Charlotte police officer.
2016 – Dakota Access Pipeline protests, 411 protesters arrested. Multiple skirmishes with police, with vehicles, hay bales, and tires set on fire.
2016 – Anti-Trump protests, Trump election triggers property damage protests in cities in Democrat States.
2017 – Berkeley, CA civil unrest ensued at UC campus protests conservative speaker.
2017 – 2017 Anaheim, California protests, police officer breaks up fight, grabs boy and fires his gun. Protesters damage property and throw bottles and rocks at police.
2017 – May Day, violence breaks out at May Day protests in Olympia, and Portland, as masked anarchists damage property and clash with police.
2017 – 2017 Unite the Right rally, Charlottesville VA group opposing the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee vs counter-protesters clashed. Heather Heyer, was killed and 19 other injured.
2017 – 2017 St. Louis protests, MO police found not guilty in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011 prompting property damage riots.


Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader


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