The phrase "address riots" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the need to respond to or manage situations involving riots, whether in a political, social, or law enforcement context.
Example: "The government must take immediate action to address riots that have erupted in several cities."
Alternatives: "tackle riots" or "respond to riots".
Mr. Cameron and Mr. Miliband gave radically different speeches Monday on how to address the riots.
Near the end of the film, you see Bill Clinton watching Bush give his address after the riots, and you realize the riots were at least part of what made Clinton president.
The director of an upcoming film that depicts the 1969 Stonewall Riots addressed the controversy surrounding the film's trailer -- released this week -- through a post on his Facebook. .
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital--the hospital that was created after the riots to address unmet health care needs in the region--closed in 2007 after a variety of management problems.
The justice secretary, Liz Truss, will address MPs on the riot in a Commons speech on Monday.
Clarke uses his intervention to call for the coalition government to adopt a "renewed mission" in response to the riots that addressed an "appalling social deficit".
Truscott offered this 40th year perspective on the riots that addresses some of the mythology that has sprung up about the event.
The recent riots only addressed police brutality but gone from the discussion that should be taking place are the continued economic class warfare that has plagued many of these inner city communities.
Catherine Pugh, a Maryland state senator who has been present at many of the protests since a citywide 10pm curfew was brought into effect following the rioting, addressed the assembled crowd.
Springle said the former Liberal government was warned in a 2010 ombudsman's report that Parkville was inappropriate, and that the Andrews government had two years to address the problem before the riots.
(A second season, if approved, would address the Notting Hill race riot of 1958).
