List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States

This article is about incidents of civil unrest, rioting, violent labor disputes, or minor insurrections or revolts in the United States. For incidents occurring before the declaration of independence, see List of incidents of civil unrest in Colonial North America.

18th century – United States of America under the Articles of Confederation

1783 – Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783, June 20, Anti-government protest by soldiers of the Continental Army against the Congress of the Confederation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1786 – Shays' Rebellion, August 29, 1786 – February 3, 1787, Western Massachusetts
1788 – Doctors Mob Riot, New York City, New York

18th century – United States of America under the Constitution

1791–1794 – Whiskey Rebellion, Western Pennsylvania (anti-excise tax on whiskey)
1799 – Fries Rebellion,1799–1800, Tax revolt by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. Pennsylvania

19th century

1811 – 1811 German Coast Uprising, Slave revolt, Jan 8-10, Territory of Orleans
1829 – Cincinnati riots of 1829, Cincinnati, Ohio
1831 – Nat Turner's slave rebellion, August, Southampton County, Virginia
1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot, New York City, New York
1835 – Baltimore bank riot
1835 – Gentleman's riot, Boston, Massachusetts
1835–1836 – Toledo War, a boundary dispute between states of Michigan and Ohio
1836 – Cincinnati Riots of 1836, Cincinnati, Ohio
1837 – Flour Riots, New York City, New York
1839 – Honey War, Iowa-Missouri border
1839 – Anti-Rent War, Hudson Valley, New York
1841 – Dorr Rebellion, Rhode Island
1842 – Lombard Street Riot, (a.k.a. the Abolition Riots), Aug. 1, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1844 – Philadelphia Nativist Riots, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (anti-immigration)
1849 – Astor Place riot, New York City, New York (anti-British)
1851 – San Francisco Vigilance Movement, San Francisco, California
1853 – Cincinnati Riot of 1853, Cincinnati, Ohio
1855 - Cincinnati riots of 1855
1855 – Lager Beer Riot, Chicago, Illinois
1855 – Portland Rum Riot, June 2, Portland, Maine
1855 – Bloody Monday, Know-Nothing Party riot, August 6, Louisville, Kentucky (anti-immigration)
1855 – Detroit brothel riots, 1855-1859, Detroit, Michigan {Source: Detroit Free Press' "The Detroit Almanac", 2001.}
1856 – Pottawatomie massacre, May 24, Franklin County, Kansas
1856 – Know-Nothing Riot of 1856, Baltimore, Maryland
1857 – Know-Nothing Riot, June 1, Washington D.C. (anti-immigration)
1857 – New York City Police Riot, June 16, New York City, New York
1857 – Dead Rabbits Riot, July 4–5, New York City, New York
1858 – Know-Nothing Riot 1858, New Orleans, Louisiana
1859 – John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, October 16, Harpers Ferry, Virginia
1861 – Baltimore Riot of 1861, April 19, (a.k.a. the Pratt Street Riot), Baltimore, Maryland
1861 – Camp Jackson Affair, May 10, Union forces clash with Confederate sympathizers on the streets of St. Louis, 28 dead, 100 injured., St. Louis, Missouri
1862 – Buffalo riot of 1862, Buffalo, New York
1863 – Detroit race riot of 1863
1863 – Southern bread riots, April 2, Riots which broke out in the South during the Civil War due to food shortages throughout the Confederate States of America
1863 – Battle of Fort Fizzle, June, also known as the Holmes County Draft Riots, active resistance to the draft during the Civil War, Holmes County, Ohio
1863 – New York City draft riots, July 13–16, New York City, New York (anti-draft)
1864 – Charleston Riot, Charleston, Illinois
1866 – Memphis Riots of 1866, May 1–3, Race riot that broke out during Reconstruction, Memphis, Tennessee
1866 – New Orleans riot, New Orleans, Louisiana
1868 – Pulaski Riot, Pulaski, Tennessee
1870 – First New York City orange riot, New York City, New York
1870 – Kirk-Holden war, July–Nov., Caswell and Alamance counties North Carolina
1871 – Second New York City orange riot, New York City, New York
1871 – Meridian race riot of 1871, March, Meridian, Mississippi
1871 – Los Angeles anti-Chinese riot, Los Angeles, California
1873 – Colfax massacre, April 13, Colfax, Louisiana
1874 – Election Riot of 1874, Barbour County, Alabama
1874 – Tompkins Square Riot, New York City, New York
1874 – Battle of Liberty Place, New Orléans, Louisiana
1876 – South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876, South Carolina
1877 – Widespread rioting occurred across the US as part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877:
- Baltimore railroad strike in Baltimore, Maryland
- Philadelphia Railroad Strike, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Railway Riots, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Reading Railroad massacre, Reading, Pennsylvania
- Saint Louis general strike, July, East St. Louis, Illinois
- Scranton General Strike, in Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Shamokin uprising, Shamokin, Pennsylvania
1877 – San Francisco Riot of 1877
1880 – 1880 Garret Mountain May Day riot
1884 – Cincinnati Courthouse riot, Cincinnati, Ohio
1885 – Rock Springs massacre, Sept. 2 1885, Riot between Chinese miners and white miners. 28 killed, 15 injured, Rock Springs, Wyoming
1886 – Haymarket riot, Chicago, Illinois
1886 – Seattle riot of 1886, Seattle, Washington
1888 – Jaybird-Woodpecker War, 1888–90, Violent post-Reconstruction political conflict in Texas. Fort Bend County, Texas
1892 – Homestead strike, July 6, 1892, Homestead, Pennsylvania
1892–1893 – Mitcham War, Clarke County, Alabama
1894 – May Day riots of 1894, May 1, Cleveland, Ohio
1894 – Pullman strike participants burn World's Columbian Exposition buildings, Chicago, Illinois
1894 – Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike, coal mining regions
1895 - New Orleans dockworkers riot, New Orleans, Louisiana
1897 – Lattimer massacre, September 1897, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania
1898 – Wilmington insurrection, November 10, Wilmington, North Carolina
1899 – Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899

20th century

1900–1950s

1900 – Akron Riot of 1900, Akron, Ohio
1901 – Denver Riots, Denver, Colorado
1901 – New York Race Riots, New York City, New York
1901 – Pierce City Riots, Pierce City, Missouri
1902 – Liverpool Riots, Denver, Colorado
1903 – Colorado Labor Wars, 1903–1904
1903 – Anthracite Coal Strike, Eastern Pennsylvania
1903 – Evansville Race Riot, Evansville, Indiana
1903 – Motormen's Riot, Richmond, Virginia
1906 – Atlanta Riots, Atlanta, Georgia
1907 – Bellingham riots, Bellingham, Washington
1908 – Springfield Race Riot, Springfield, Illinois
1910 – Philadelphia general strike (1910), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1912 – Lawrence textile strike, Lawrence, Massachusetts
1913 – Wheatland Riot, August 3, Wheatland, California
1913 – Paterson silk strike, Paterson, New Jersey
1913 – Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914, Calumet, Michigan
1914 – Ludlow massacre, April 20, Ludlow, Colorado
1916 – Preparedness Day bombing, July 22, San Francisco, California
1916 – Everett massacre, November 5, Everett, Washington
1917 – East St. Louis Riot, July 2, St. Louis, Missouri & East St. Louis, Illinois
1917 – Springfield Vigilante Riot, Springfield, Missouri
1917 – Green Corn Rebellion, Aug. 3, A brief popular uprising advocating for the rural poor and against military conscription, Central Oklahoma
1917 – Houston Race riot, August 23, Houston, Texas
1918 – Detroit trolley riot, Detroit, Michigan {Source: Detroit Free Press' "The Detroit Almanac", 2001.}
1919 – Seattle General Strike, Feb. 6-11,
1919 – May Day Riots, May 1, Cleveland, Ohio, Boston, Massachusetts, New York City, New York
1919 – Red Summer, USA
1919 – Boston Police Strike, Boston, Massachusetts
1919 – Steel Strike of 1919, Pennsylvania
1919 – Charleston Race riot, May 10, Charleston, South Carolina
1919 – Washington, DC Riot 1919, July 19, Washington, D.C.
1919 – Chicago Race Riot, July 27 – Aug.2, Chicago, Illinois
1919 – Knoxville Race riot, August 30, Knoxville, Tennessee
1919 – Longview Race Riot, Longview, Texas
1919 – Omaha Race riot, September 28, Omaha, Nebraska
1919 – Elaine Race Riot, October 1, Elaine, Arkansas
1919 – Centralia Massacre, November 11, Centralia, Washington
1920 – Battle of Matewan, May 20, 1920, Matewan, West Virginia
1920 – Race Riot, June 21, 1920 Chicago Illinois,
1921 – Tulsa Race Riot, May 31 – June 1, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1921 – Battle of Blair Mountain, WV Coal Mine Wars, August – September 1921, Logan County, West Virginia
1922 – Herrin Massacre, Herrin, Illinois
1923 – Rosewood Massacre, January 1–7, Rosewood, Florida
1925 – Ossian Sweet incident, Detroit, Michigan
1929 – North Carolina Textile Strike, North Carolina
1927 – Columbine Mine Massacre, November 21, Serene, Colorado
1931 – Battle of Evarts, May 5, Harlan County, Kentucky
1931 – Chicago Rent Strike Riot, August 3, Chicago, Illinois
1931 – Hawaii Riot, Hawaii
1932 – Bonus Army March, Spring/Summer 1932, Washington, D.C.
1932 – Ford Hunger March, March 7, 3,000 unemployed workers march on Ford Motors, five are killed, River Rouge plant, Dearborn, Michigan
1934 – U.S. Nazi Riot, New York City, New York
1934 – Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1934 – Auto-Lite strike, April 4 – June 3, the "Battle of Toledo" riot, Toledo, Ohio
1934 – 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike, May 9 – October 12, San Francisco Bay Area, California; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington
1934 – Textile workers strike (1934)
1934 – Detroit World Series riot, Oct. 10, Detroit, Michigan {Source: Detroit Free Press' "The Detroit Almanac", 2001.}
1935 – Harlem Riot, March 19–20, New York City, New York
1935 – Southern Tenant Farmers' Union Riot, Arkansas
1937 – Flint Sit-Down Strike, General Motors' Fisher Body Plant, Flint, Michigan
1937 – Battle of the Overpass, May 26, Dearborn, Michigan {Source: Detroit Free Press' "The Detroit Almanac", 2001.}
1937 – Republic Steel Strike, May 30, Chicago, Illinois
1942 – Sojourner Truth Homes Riot, February 28, Detroit, Michigan
1943 – Beaumont Race Riot of 1943, Summer, Beaumont, Texas
1943 – Zoot Suit Riots, July 3, Los Angeles, California (anti-Hispanic and anti-zoot suit)
1943 – Detroit Race Riot, June 20–21, Detroit, Michigan
1943 – Harlem Riot of 1943, August 1–3, New York City, New York
1946 – Columbia Race Riot of 1946, February 25–26, Columbia, Tennessee
1946 – Battle of Athens (1946), August, Revolt by citizens against corrupt local government, McMinn County, Tennessee
1946 – Airport Homes Race Riots, Chicago, Illinois
1949 – Peekskill Riot, Peekskill, New York
1950 – San Juan Nationalist revolt, Utuado Uprising, Jayuya Uprising, Oct. 30, Various uprisings against United States Government rule during the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s in Puerto Rico
1951 – Cicero race riot of 1951, July 12, Cicero, Illinois
1958 – Battle of Hayes Pond, January 18, Maxton, North Carolina
1959 – Harriett-Henderson Cotton Mills Strike Henderson, North Carolina

1960s

1960 – HUAC riot, May 13, Students protest House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, 12 injured, 64 arrested, San Francisco, California
1960 - Newport Jazz Festival Riot, July 2, Newport, Rhode Island
1960 – El Cajon Boulevard Riot, August 20, San Diego, California
1960 – Ax Handle Saturday, August 27, Jacksonville, Florida
1962 – Ole Miss riot 1962, September 3 – October 1, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
1963 – Birmingham riot of 1963, May 11, Birmingham, Alabama
1963 – Cambridge riot 1963, June 14, Cambridge, Maryland
1964 – the July 16 police-killing of James Powell, in the Yorkville neighbourhood just south of East Harlem, precipitates a string of race riots in July and August, including:
1964 – Harlem Riot of 1964, July 16–22, New York City
1964 – Rochester 1964 race riot, July 24–25, Rochester, New York
1964 – Philadelphia 1964 race riot, August 28–30, Philadelphia
1965 – Watts riots, August 11–17, Los Angeles, California
1966 – Division Street riots, June 12–14, Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois
1966 – Omaha riot of 1966, July 2, Omaha, Nebraska
1966 – 1966 Chicago West-Side riots, July 12–15, Chicago, Illinois
1966 – Hough riots, July 18–24, Cleveland, Ohio
1966 – Waukegan riot, August 27, Waukegan, Illinois
1966 – Benton Harbor riots, August 30 – September 4, Benton Harbor, Michigan
1966 - Summerhill and Vine City Riots,September 6–8 Atlanta, Georgia
1966 – Sunset Strip curfew riots, November 12, various other flareups, basis for the song "For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)", West Hollywood, California
1967 – Long Hot Summer of 1967 refers to a year in which 159 race riots erupted across the United States, including:
- 1967 – Avondale riots, June 12–15, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1967 – Buffalo riot of 1967, June 27, Buffalo, New York
- 1967 – 1967 Newark riots, July 12–17, Newark, New Jersey
- 1967 – 1967 Plainfield riots, July 14–21, Plainfield, New Jersey
- 1967 – Cairo riot, July 17, Cairo, Illinois
- 1967 – 1967 Detroit riot, July 23–29, Detroit, Michigan
- 1967 – Cambridge riot of 1967, July 24, a.k.a. the H. Rap Brown riot, Cambridge, Maryland
- 1967 – Milwaukee riot, July 30, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1968 – Orangeburg Massacre, S.C. State Univ., February 8, Orangeburg, South Carolina
1968 – Memphis Sanitation Strike riot, March 28, Memphis, Tennessee
1968 – Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, Memphis, Tennessee, precipitates all April 4–14 riots, including:
- 1968 – 1968 Detroit riot, April 4–5, Detroit, Michigan
- 1968 – 1968 New York City riots, April 4–5, New York City, New York
- 1968 – 1968 Washington, D.C. riots, April 4–8, Washington, D.C.
- 1968 – 1968 Chicago riots, West Side Riots, April 5–7, Chicago, Illinois
- 1968 – 1968 Pittsburgh riots, April 5–11, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1968 – Baltimore riot of 1968, April 6–14, Baltimore, MD
- 1968 – Avondale riot of 1968, April 8, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1968 – 1968 Kansas City riot, April 9, Kansas City, Missouri
- 1968 – Wilmington Riot of 1968, April 9–10, Wilmington, Delaware
- 1968 – Trenton Riot of 1968, April 9–11, Trenton, New Jersey
1968 – Columbia University protests of 1968, April 23, New York City, New York
1968 – Louisville riots of 1968, May 27, Louisville, Kentucky
1968 – Akron riot, July 17–23, Akron, Ohio
1968 – Glenville Shootout, July 23–28, Cleveland, Ohio
1968 – 1968 Democratic National Convention protests, including riot August 27–28, Chicago, Illinois
1969 – Zip to Zap riot, May 9–11, Zap, North Dakota
1969 – People's Park Riots, May, Berkeley, California
1969 – 1969 Greensboro uprising, May 21–25, Greensboro, North Carolina
1969 – Cairo disorders, May–December, Cairo, Illinois
1969 – Stonewall riots, June 28 – July 2, New York City, New York
1969 – 1969 York Race Riot, July 17–24, York, Pennsylvania
1969 – Days of Rage, October 8–11, Weathermen riot in Chicago, Illinois

1970s

1970 – University of Puerto Rico riot, March 4–11, at least one killed, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
1970 – Student strike of 1970, May 1970
1970 – Kent State riots/shootings, May 1970, four killed, Kent, Ohio
1970 – New Haven Green Disorders, Yale University, May 1970, New Haven, Connecticut
1970 – Augusta Riot, May 11–13, Augusta, Georgia
1970 – Hard Hat Riot, Wall Street, May 8, New York City
1970 – Jackson State killings, May 14–15, two killed, Jackson, Mississippi
1970 – 1970 Memorial Park riot, August 24–27, Royal Oak, Michigan
1970 – Sterling Hall bombing, Univ. of Wisc., August 24, one killed, Madison, Wisconsin
1970 – Chicano Moratorium riot, August 29, Los Angeles, California
1971 – Wilmington riot 1971, February 9, Wilmington, North Carolina
1971 – May Day protests 1971, May 3, Washington, D.C.
1971 – Camden riots, August 1971, Camden, New Jersey
1971 – Attica Prison uprising, September 9–13, at least 39 killed, Attica, New York
1973 – Wounded Knee incident, February 27 – May 8, Wounded Knee, South Dakota
1974 – SLA Shootout, May 17, Los Angeles, California
1974 – Baltimore police strike, July, Baltimore, Maryland
1974 – Boston busing race riots anti-busing riots throughout. Boston, Massachusetts
1974 - Fairhill Riots, July 30–31, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1974 – Newark, NJ Puerto Rican residents riot over police issues http://glocallynewark.com/newark-74-remembering-the-puerto-rican-riot/
1975 – Pine Ridge shootout, June 26. Pine Ridge, South Dakota
1975 – Livernois–Fenkell riot, July 1975, Detroit, Michigan
1975 - Springfield Riots, August 28–29, Springfield, Massachusetts
1975 - Wilmington Riots, October 20–21, Wilmington, Delaware
1976 – Escambia High School riots, February 5, Pensacola, Florida
1976 – Anti-busing riot in downtown Boston, April 5, Boston, Massachusetts
1977 - Humboldt Park Riots, June 5–6, Chicago, Illinois
1977 – New York City Blackout riot 1977, July 13–14, New York City, New York
1978 – Moody Park riot, May 5, 1978, Houston, Texas
1979 – White Night riots, May 1979, San Francisco, California
1979 - Great Brook Valley Projects Riots, June 21, Worcester, Massachusetts
1979 – Greensboro massacre, November 3, Greensboro, North Carolina

1980s

1980 – New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1980 – Miami riot 1980, May 17–19, Miami, Florida
1984 - Lawrence Race Riots, August 9–10, Lawrence, Massachusetts - Puerto Ricans and Dominicans clashed with Whites.
1988 - Perth Amboy Riots, June 9–10, Perth Amboy, New Jersey - riot in the Hispanic community after an officer shot a Hispanic man.
1988 - Tompkins Square Park riot, New York City
1988 - Cedar Grove, Shreveport, Louisiana, In September 1988 there was a full-blown riot in which the police were forced to block off the entire neighborhood because it was out of control. Cars and businesses were burned.
1989 - Vineland Riots, August 29, Vineland, New Jersey - riot in the Puerto Rican and African American community after an officer shot an African American male.

1990s

1990 - Wynwood Riots, December 3, Miami, Florida - riot in the Puerto Rican community after the acquittal of officer who beat a drug dealer to death. Puerto Ricans cited alienation from the larger Cuban community.
1991 – 1991 Washington, DC riot, Mount Pleasant riot, May 5–9, Washington, D.C.
1991 – Crown Heights riot, August 1991, Brooklyn, New York
1992 – L.A. Rodney King riots, April–May 1992, Los Angeles, California
1992 - 1992 Washington Heights riots, July 4–7, Manhattan, New York, Dominican community
1993 - X-Ray Riots, July 17, Portland, Oregon^[1]
1994 - Eastside Lexington riots, October 26, 1994, Lexington, Kentucky
1996 – St. Petersburg, Florida Riot 1996, October 1996, St. Petersburg, Florida
1999 – WTO Meeting of 1999, "The Battle in Seattle", November 1999, Seattle, Washington
1999 – Michigan State University student riot, April 1999, East Lansing, Michigan
1999 – Woodstock '99 music festival incident, July 1999, Rome, New York

21st century

2000s

2000 – Elián González affair, Miami, Florida
2000 – Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks, June 11, Central Park, New York City
2001 – 2001 Cincinnati Riots, April 10–12, Cincinnati, Ohio
2002 - Great Brook Valley Project Riots, August 18, Worcester, MA, Puerto Rican
2002 - North Minneapolis Riots, August 22, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2003 – Benton Harbor riot, June 2003, Benton Harbor, Michigan
2003 – Miami FTAA Protests, November 2003, Miami, Florida
2004 – 2004 American League Championship Series, October 21, 1 dead, Boston, Massachusetts
2005 – Civil disturbances and military action in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, August – Sept., New Orleans, Louisiana
2005 – 2005 Toledo riot, October 15, Toledo, Ohio
2006 – San Bernardino punk riot, March 4, San Bernardino, California
2007 – The Los Angeles May Day mêlée, May 1, Los Angeles, California
2009 – Riots against BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, January 7, 120 arrested, Oakland, California
2009 – Akron riots, March 14, 2009, 7 arrested; and July 2009, unknown number arrested, Akron, Ohio
2009 – 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit protests, Sept. 24-25, 193 arrested

2010s

2010 – Springfest riot, April 10, 200 police disperse crowd of 8000 using tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and bean bag rounds, near the campus of James Madison University; dozens injured. 30–35 arrested; Harrisonburg, Virginia
2010 – Santa Cruz May Day riot, May 1, 250 rampage through downtown Santa Cruz attacking 18 businesses, causing an estimated $100,000 in damages. 1 arrested. Santa Cruz, California
2010 – BART verdict riot, July 8, in response to verdict in BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant. About 100 businesses were damaged and 78 people were arrested. Oakland, California
2010 - Westlake District Riots, Sept.6-8, in response to LAPD shooting a Guatemalan immigrant. Los Angeles, California
2010 – Oakland protest riot, Nov. 5, Police made more than 150 arrests as a crowd broke windows and knocked down fences, protesting sentence of former BART officer in shooting of Oscar Grant on New Years Day 2009; see BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant. Oakland, California
2011 – Pennsylvania State University, Joe Paterno riot. Students riot in protest of the decision of the Board of Trustees to fire head football coach Joe Paterno. State College, Pennsylvania
2011 – Occupy Wall Street (Brooklyn Bridge protests). Demonstrators blocked the bridge and more than 700 people were arrested. Brooklyn, New York
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. 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 – Ferguson unrest, Ferguson, Missouri, August 10. Protests turned into violent riots and unrest after the death of teenager Michael Brown, who was shot by a Ferguson police officer.
2014 – New York, New York, and Berkeley, California – After prosecutors and a grand jury refused to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, many people protested against it in New York City and other cities, some of them causing unrest.
2015 – 2015 Baltimore protests, April 25–28. After days of peaceful protests, rioting and looting broke out following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. Baltimore, Maryland
2016 – Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, January–February 2015. 1 killed and several dozen arrested. Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon
2016 - Anaheim, California Feb. 29. 3 People stabbed and 13 others arrested during a Ku Klux Klan rally.
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 - At least 261 people were arrested across the U.S. in protests in New York City, Chicago, St. Paul, Minnesota; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and other cities. In St. Paul, bottles and rocks flew as over twenty officers were injured. The protests were held in response to the officer-involved shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
2016 - 2016 Milwaukee riots, Sherman Park, August 13–15. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2016 - 2016 Charlotte riot, September 20–21, Riots started in response to the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by police
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, Nov. 9 => (continuing). As a result of Donald Trump being elected 45th President of the U.S., thousands protested across twenty five American cities and unrest broke out in Downtown Oakland, California and Portland, Oregon. In Downtown Oakland over 40 fires started and police officers were injured.^[2] Protests in Portland were declared a "riot" with "extensive criminal and dangerous behavior" that were labeled by police as "unlawful."^[3]

References

↑ Oregonian January 12, 1994: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB08835A78A219D?p=AMNEWS
↑ "Anger over Trump explodes; protesters set fires, smash glass". Associated Press. San Francisco Chronicle. November 9, 2016.
↑ "Anti-Trump demonstrations hit second day; Portland police say protest is 'riot'". CNN. CNN. November 11, 2016.

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