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This article is wayy to centered on USA. Should we maybe add some police riot cases from Russia? Like Bolotnaya Case, 2019 Moscow protests and 2021 Russian protests. A lot of police brutality happened back then. So it counts as "police riots", I guess? Anyway, I am not really good in English. So I hope some smart activist who's good with his words could pick up from here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.252.29.253 (talk) 03:16, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know about anyone else, but I've also heard the word used to refer to the act of the police (off-duty and/or on-duty) themselves rioting.
This article does not have a NPOV.
I have to agree with Nonsense above. When police willfully ignore human nature they are responsible for the consequences. Police riot is not a pejorative, it is a description. Gregbard 22:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
deleted: "... a pejorative term that became increasingly more common through the late 20th century, implying ..."
I'm removing the tag, since there ain't much of a controversy brewing back here on the talk page. bobanny 22:53, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's still there...Actio (talk) 20:35, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I believe I've made some changes that should be acceptable to all parties, toning down the emotionally laden language and making sure multiple points of view are expressed. Does anyone still think this page merits a POV tag? 66.95.123.6 (talk) 22:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For example, police riots were commonplace in the major Occupy movement protests, especially in New York and Oakland. 75.76.213.161 (talk) 16:39, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
What has been described as a Police Riot took place in St. Louis during the Stockley Protests. The whole night police were chasing down any group, doing drive by macings, and shootings with Pepperballs (Visible here from 33m onward, with another incident at 47m, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1On5hB1zE70)
Then a couple hours later it kicks of majorly. (Last 10 min of this video shows it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlUX1HrV9p8) Police forcing people into the kettle from outside, macing those complying, ordering to disperse with nowhere to go. Beating people. Targeting journalists who happened to be there (Collection of stories from those there http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/undercover-cop-air-force-officer-med-student-among-those-police/article_e2dcc3de-f228-5311-a35f-e60e1bd9ebee.html)
Then on 9/24 at a local mall, the Police carried out what has been described as another police riot. (http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2017/09/26/call-for-probe-into-saturdays-police-riot-at-the-galleria/)
24.191.233.28 (talk) 18:00, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
How can a police riot be ALL of those things listed at the same time? Or should there be an "or" in the list somewhere? (Opening sentence). AnnaGoFast (talk) 02:31, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Why is it the term "police riot" is only found on Wikipedia and on left-wing websites? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2D80:4083:6800:DAC:2C9E:8427:B8C (talk) 01:45, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Should the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre be added to the list of US riots? 174.73.203.111 (talk) 16:16, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I lived through this as a young kid and there are many news articles, videos, home videos, admissions from police, etc. It involved the majority Black Greekfest celebration near the oceanfront. Local police in riot gear arrived and started indiscriminately beating everyone they came in contact with, exacerbating the situation and causing a full scale riot. State police were called in and proceeded to do the same thing. Eventually the Virginia National Guard had to be called in to control the officers. Many people were harassed and assaulted, including several journalists and news reporters. I can dig up some information and write it, but I've never written anything on here so maybe it would be better if someone familiar with the format and with writing articles on Wikipedia do it instead. 2600:8805:2007:6300:3169:6C25:59A4:72C (talk) 19:02, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]