Stories tagged “riot”
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Shutting Down the Gateway
From The New York Times, November 2, 2009: ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Gateway to the West is suffering the terrible and tragic phenomenon of massive riots today as tensions have been stretched beyond their breaking points. Violence first erupted at the...
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Rain Soaked Girl's Final Walk
All noise stopped as the girl stepped forward into the space between the rioters and the police. All the police turned their weapons on her. Slowly she pulled her hands out of her yellow rain jacket. Rain poured down on her as she raised her hands abov...
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Bloody Sunday
Jeers filled the air along with rocks and whatever other objects the protestors could find. The black and tan clad soldiers stood resolutley at the other end of the square, accepting any blow without the slightest break in discipline. One man shimmied ...
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Power
He stood in the street, quivering with rage, forgotten papers in his hands. They stood around him, drawn to this spot by the same phenomenon as he, by the music and the anger. Pens, phones, keys, leashes for pets dangled limply from their fingertips as...
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The Beginning
Sid sighed as he leaned against the rotting sill below the window, his forehead pressed to the filthy glass, staring at the raging hordes below. It was the third riot this month, although it was proving to be the most violent one since the Columbus Day...
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Embankment
The walls of the decrepit factory shuddered as the doors burst open, letting in the sound of the city burning. The old assassin whirled around. “Ah, its you, old friend.” He let his hand fall from his dagger, then leaned against a mossy pil...
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Embankment Breached
Sigvard Boulevard came to life as billboards and skyscrapers brightened all around, like a thousand lanterns aglow in the night sky. A chorus of crickets chirped somewhere distant. The old assassin stood, waiting, the night breeze a stream of clear wat...