The phrase "avoid riot" is not correct and sounds awkward in written English.
It could be used in a context where one is advising against participating in or inciting a riot, but it would typically need additional context for clarity.
Example: "To maintain peace during the protest, we must find ways to avoid riot."
Alternatives: "prevent unrest" or "steer clear of riots".
Among other things, protesters demanded that police make the chain of command clear to the public, avoid riot gear, armored vehicles, rubber bullets and tear gas, and refrain from mass arrests, pre-emptive arrests, intimidation, and harassment.
On July 7, Mr. Burgess and others say, a large group of gang members met to discuss, among other things, how to respond to an acquittal in the Jackson case, and opted to try to avoid rioting.
"Nevertheless, in my view, it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the conjunction of resource, population and policy pressures … was a very significant factor for the rapid deterioration in safety".Asked whether the service had been fortunate to avoid riots, Hardwick said: "Managers nationally and locally have been very effective at spinning a lot of plates..
As unsavoury post-World Cup welcomes go it may not have been up there with Italy's tomato-pelting in 1966 or Hungary's lengthy hideout in Tata in 1954 to avoid riots in the streets of Budapest, but South Korea had an ignominious welcoming party to greet them at Incheon airport on Monday.
His compassion and ability to connect helped the city avoid riots.
He said "the order has gone out" to avoid rioting among leaders of five different gangs, which he did not identify.
Reports from the Police Executive Research Forum, a national organization of police executives that conducts studies on best law-enforcement practices, have recommended a "soft approach" to crowd control, avoiding riot gear, militarized vehicles, and mass arrests.
"He said that he would have called out National Guard and avoided rioting".
He says: "The French were decades ahead of Crossrail with their cross-town RER, and now they are going ahead with a series of RER extensions that will bring millions of people closer to centres of employment and opportunity - one of the most effective ways of tackling social exclusion and, to put it bluntly, avoiding riots".
"The problem is not limited to a few colleges barring radical speakers to avoid a riot.
Fifty seconds after the restart Tottenham won a spot-kick, but with the game in hand and wanting to avoid a riot, Sheringham pelted the ball high and wide.
