Sentence examples for minor riots from inspiring English sources

Much has been done in Chapeltown and Harehills, scenes of minor riots in the past three years; in the past year unemployment has dropped from 16% to 14%.

Agency reports detailed "several minor riots, in which shots were fired, in Buenos Aires", while "late at night about 100 demonstrators assembled in front of the Uruguayan Consulate and threw stones".

Minor riots occurred in several cities, and when the drawing of names began in New York on July 11 , 1863 mobs (mostly of foreign-born, especially Irish, workers) surged onto the streets, assaulting residents, defying police, attacking draft headquarters, and burning buildings.

But if they're actually going to confiscate people's clothing, that'll probably cause some minor riots.

Hermética played only a few songs at a concert with Riffthe headline band, which ended with minor riots.

A minor riot and Souness's departure soon followed.

There was a minor riot in Beijing last week.

Demonstrations in Albany, Georgia, had led to minor rioting and no concessions from city officials.

There, civic marketing is a serious matter: the town fractured along racial and religious lines following a minor riot in 2001.

The bodyguard who put his hands on Tyson at the New York press conference/ minor riot recently is one of their number.

You might have anticipated a minor riot on Saturday night at the Ziegfeld Theater on West 54th Street, where BBC America screened the premiere episode from the forthcoming season of "Doctor Who" for a select audience of lucky fans.