When white police officers shut down an illegal bar on a liquor raid and arrested a large group of patrons, furious residents rioted.

In Canillas De Aceituno, Spain, residents rioted at the sale of a tax resister's goods and took up arms against government forces.

A noted incident in the community's early history came in 1836 when local residents rioted against the Holland Land Company and broke into its office, destroying furniture and papers.

And on Friday, residents of the Rafah refugee camp rioted when soldiers tried to force some people looking for food back into their homes.

Caribbean-American and African-American residents of the neighborhood rioted for four consecutive days fueled by rumors that the private ambulance had refused to treat Cato.

In response to the abortive attack, white residents of Washington rioted, burning a black school, amid other acts of destruction.

When residents of these slums rioted in 1831, in protest against the Duke of Newcastle's opposition to the Reform Act 1832 they burned down the mansion.

On August 30, 1966, due to a fatal shooting, residents rioted for six days.

In the summer of 1967, urban residents, primarily African Americans, rioted for five days in Newark and the neighboring city of Plainfield.

The Brazilian Army and a powerful narco-mafia were implicated, and, when the news broke, residents of the favela rioted.