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Topic: Riots

Armed members of the National Guard patrol on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Troops in the streets: A short history

Andrew O'Hehir
Planalto Presidential Palace security members inspect offices destroyed by supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after an invasion in Brasilia on Jan. 9, 2023. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Chaos in Brazil: Bolsonaro's in Florida

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
A Black Lives Matter flag waves in front of a fire at the North Precinct Police building in Portland, Oregon on September 6, 2020. - Protestors are marching for an end to racial inequality and police violence. (ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images)

Race, police and politics: 1964 and now

Robert S. McElvaine
Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Some of us saw this coming

Jim Sleeper
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Trump supporters take over the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, as the Congress works to certify the electoral college votes. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

GOP faces the abyss as Congress returns

Roger Sollenberger
Trump supporters stand on the U.S. Capitol Police armored vehicle as others take over the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, as the Congress works to certify the electoral college votes. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Capitol in chaos as Trump mob invades

Roger Sollenberger
U.S. President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr speak in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media (Doug MIlls-Pool/Getty Images)

The streets are quiet again

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
Protestor at the site of David Mcatee's death (Ashlie Stevens)

Cops slashed tires at Minnesota protests

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
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Demonstrators, gathered at Lafayette Park across from the White House, attempt to breach a police barricade during a protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer in Washington, United States on May 30, 2020. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A nationwide police riot

Andrew O'Hehir
People gather at the Place de la Republique square in Paris on May 18, 2019 to take part in a march as part of a worlwide call to demonstrate against Monsanto and other agri-business giants. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo credit should read ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images) (Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images)

Monsanto and the public's right to know

Michael Freeman - WhoWhatWhy
Demonstrators protest against Ricardo Rossello, the Governor of Puerto Rico on July 17, 2019 in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Puerto Ricans demand governor resign

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams
(AP/Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Trump threatens "revolt" if impeached

Matthew Rozsa
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White nationalist demonstrators walk through town after their rally was declared illegal near Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Teaching Charlottesville

Xian Franzinger Barrett - Alternet
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial (Wikimedia)

Lee's Arlington Memorial

Alessandra Maldonado
(Getty/Sony Pictures)

The fakakta false flag

Alessandra Maldonado
(AP/Andre Penner)

Anti-fascists vow to fight

Matthew Sheffield
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Protesters block members of the press as they chain themselves to an entry point prior at the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, DC., January 20, 2017. (Reuters/Bryan Woolston)

riots in D.C.

Matthew Rozsa
(Reuters/Sam Mircovich)

When black Trump fans attack

Chauncey DeVega
(AP/Robert Kozloff)

Born to riot

Steve Almond
A McLennan County deputy stands guard near a group of bikers in the parking lot of a Twin Peaks restaurant Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Waco, Texas. Waco Police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton told KWTX-TV there were "multiple victims" after gunfire erupted between rival biker gangs at the restaurant. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP) (AP)

Jenny Kutner
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(AP/David Goldman)

Joanna Rothkopf
Wolf Blitzer (AP/Omar Vega/Patrick Semansky/Photo montage by Salon)

Riots work, Blitzer's wrong

George Ciccariello-Maher
Police keep riots under control in the Watts area of Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 1965; A man stands in front of a line of police officers in riot gear, April 28, 2015, in Baltimore. (AP/David Goldman)

Baltimore: What "violence"?

Andrew O'Hehir
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Condemn the real violence

Arthur Chu
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