On Thursday rampaging youths torched cars, looted shops and robbed student demonstrators at the end of protest marches in Paris and in large cities across France.
In a collapse of authority, the police withdrew from major cities on Saturday, giving free rein to gangs that stole and burned cars, looted shops and ransacked a fashionable mall, where dismembered mannequins for conservative Islamic dress were strewn over broken glass and puddles of water.
Ohio State's thrilling 14-9 victoverover Michigan on Nov. 23 occasioned a full-scale riot by inebriated Buckeye fans who burned cars, looted businesses and caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage before 250 police officers finally restored order at 5 a.m.
The government of Tonga, an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand, bowed to pro-democracy protests and agreed to far-reaching political reforms after rioting crowds in the capital, Nuku'alofa, overturned cars, looted and set fire to shops and offices, and stoned government buildings, including the prime minister's office.
Angry mobs tore through every town in the province, burning cars, looting shops, screaming in grief for the unrivalled leader of Pakistan's main political dynasty.
The principal character is the white mob, an army of fire ants: here spreading gasoline or kerosene, there shooting an elderly couple praying by their bed, dragging blacks behind cars, looting homes and businesses.
In the northern working-class suburb of Abobo, home to around 1.5m people of mixed ethnic groups, religions and political affiliations, dozens have been killed as pro-Ouattara and pro-Gbagbo youth militias slug it out, erecting barricades, burning cars, looting shops, torching houses and attacking anyone suspected of not supporting their particular side.
That said, there is something both weird and very wrong about continuing to respond to the outrages of racism and police brutality by throwing bottles, smashing windows, overturning cars, looting stores, burning down buildings, shooting at police officers and dragging innocent white motorists from their vehicles and attempting to beat and stomp them to death.
First, her car was looted by very bad people in San Francisco, who stole her laptop and a pair of excellent Bose headphones that were near and dear to her heart.
After the shooting ended, he said, a large group of young men made their way to the car and looted it.
Some of the protesters burned cars and looted shops; almost 300 were arrested.
