Report: Police Beat the Hell Out of Private Prison Inmates After Riot
Over the 4th of July weekend, riots broke out at a private state prison near Kingman, Arizona. Special forces were called in to restore order. Now, a new report says that the government’s response may have been worse than the riots themselves.
11 Stabbed in California Prison Riot After Notorious Attempted Escapee Killed
Authorities say infamous “San Quentin Six” conspirator Hugo Pinell* was killed and 11 other inmates were hospitalized with stab wounds on Wednesday after a riot involving about 70 inmates at California State Prison, Sacramento, KHTK reports.
Baltimore Corrections Officers Allegedly Looted 7-Eleven During Riots
Baltimore corrections officers Tamika Cobb and Kendra Richard were charged this week with looting a downtown 7-Eleven during riots over the death of Freddie Gray. The video above purportedly shows Richard carrying Slim Jims out of the store while Cobb stands by the door holding a bag of Tostitos.
Chaos, Looters, and Flames Rage Through Baltimore
Violence tore through a large swath of western Baltimore Monday night, punctuating the week of protests and funeral for Freddie Gray—who died April 19 from a spinal injury he suffered while in police custody—with rioting, fires, and looting.
Egyptian Soccer Riot Leaves At Least 20 Dead
At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a riot outside an Egyptian Premier League soccer match, the Associated Press reports. Security officials said the violence started when ticketless Zamalek fans tried to force their way into the game.
Ta-Nehisi Coates has a post-Ferguson Thanksgiving proclamation for you: "Barack Obama is the president of a congenitally racist country, erected upon the plunder of life, liberty, labor, and land....Black people are the chastener of their own country. Their experience says to America, 'You wear the mask.'"
Southern California Beach Party Ended in a Giant Street Brawl
An annual party in a Southern California college town turned into a riot when members of the 15,000-person crowd began throwing bricks at police officers, lighting fires, and apparently stabbing each other.
Wednesday afternoon, a jury ruled that, though he was unarmed at the time, Mark Duggan was lawfully killed by London police in August 2011. Duggan's death sparked giant riots in London's Tottenham neighborhood that ended with dozens of arrests and several injuries.
Hundreds Arrested in Moscow Race Riot This Weekend
Nearly 400 people were arrested in Moscow this weekend during a race riot stemming from a Russian national's murder the mob had pinned on a migrant. Crowds chanted "Russia for Russians" and "white power" as they tore through the city on the hunt for the suspected killer.
Cup Noodles Bet Leads to Giant Juvenile Prison Riot in Florida
A dispute over three Cup Noodles containers at a juvenile correction facility in Florida turned into a four-hour riot Saturday night. By the time authorities regained control, eight juveniles had been injured and the facility had sustained “hundreds of thousands of dollars” worth of damage.
Video of Violent, Rioting Surfers Shows White Culture of Lawlessness
A frightening and violent mob swept through the normally quiet seaside community of Huntington Beach last night following a surfing competition in the area. Businesses were vandalized and looted, portable toilets overturned, and brutal fistfights waged right out in the open. It was an ugly display and a sad day for…
Easy Guide to Making Ghettos: a Dispatch From the Nybro Action Team
The Nybro Action Team consists of Hjalmar Sveinbjőrnsson and Alex Bejerstrand, two under-employed roommates living in Nybro, a small industrial town in southern Sweden. Hjalmar is a chef; Alex takes woodworking courses. Today, they write about the riots that swept Stockholm and other Swedish towns last week. We have…
Stockholm Riots Continue for Third Night, After Police Shooting
Violent riots continue to shake Stockholm's suburbs for the third night in a row, following a police shooting last week. Last Monday, police shot a man in the impoverished, mostly immigrant suburb of Husby, after the 69-year-old allegedly threatened the police with a machete that he was brandishing. Husby is primarily…
Swedish Teen Girls Riot Over Call for 'Sluts' on Instagram
Sweden: model liberal democracy, or teen social-media slut-riot hell? Today in Gothenburg, dozens of Swedish teens barricaded a high school, throwing bottles and attacking passers-by, over an anonymous Instagram account that had "asked for tips on sluts in Gothenburg." What the media refuses to tell you: Sweden is…
Who's Predicting This Year's Post-Election Riots?
A lot of people, it turns out. America's 236-year streak of successful, peaceful transitions of power from one administration to the next is about to be broken, because come Election Day 2012, no matter who wins, this country is going to break out into Riot City.
Armed Nazis Hope to Keep Sanford Safe for White People (UPDATED)
We've been so busy talking about the Trayvon Martin case that we've ignored the "real victims" — innocent white people living in Sanford, Florida. Rest assured, these honest folks are now being taken care of by a patrol of armed Neo-Nazis preparing for a "race riot."
Chinese Apple Fans Are Even More Insane Than American Apple Fans
Apple fanboys in the U.S. have nothing on their Chinese counterparts. The launch of the iPhone 4s in China caused an actual riot in Beijing, with the gadget-hungry crowd flinging eggs at Apple's sparkling flagship store.
The Best Instant Celebrities of 2011
2011 was a great year for instafame. With cameras and Twitter users providing blanket coverage of each big news story, the whole world became a potential micro-celebrity. Let's take some time to remember 2011's best flash-in-the-pan celebrities, and then forget about them, forever.
