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L.A. Police Chief: ‘It All Broke Down’
May 30, 2007 As he delivered a report on the May Day incident to the Los Angeles Police Commission, Chief William Bratton acknowledged that his officers made mistakes born out of a breakdown in communication. Video of riot police firing rubber bullets into an apparently peaceful and compliant gathering of immigration protesters on May 1 sparked public outrage and an investigation.Renewed Violence in France
Oct 26, 2006 Authorities are scrambling to address a possible resurgence of violence after two buses were torched near Paris on Wednesday. Last year's civil unrest led to the destruction of some 9,000 vehicles in and around the city.![](https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/kabul_riot_350-1.jpg)
Anti-U.S. Riots in Kabul Show Mission Unaccomplished
May 29, 2006 A traffic incident in the Afghan capital led to rumors of an American-on-Afghan massacre. Massive riots ensued. Bitter resentment of occupying U.S. forces has been laid bare. "Today has set us back 10 years," said a NATO-employed Afghani security worker.Iran Shuts Down Newspaper Over Cartoon
May 24, 2006 No, it's not because of an image of Mohammed. Rather, an official paper published a cartoon that mocked Iran's Azeri minority and led to riots.![](https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/kurds_350.jpg)
Kurds Riot and Turn Against Their Leaders
Mar 17, 2006 Remember Kurdistan, that semiautonomous northern part of Iraq that the U.S. always points to as a model of stable, quasi-democratic governance? Well, corruption up there is so systemic that thousands of people vented their anger by burning down a government museum. The horrible irony: The museum commemorates the thousands of Kurds who died in Saddam Hussein's 1988 gas attack. It had become an emblem of government greed. Another front just opened up in the Iraqi civil war that the Pentagon claims doesn't exist.![](https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/stone_throwers.jpg)
Cartoon Protests Stoked by Dictators
Feb 9, 2006 Don't believe the hype about homespun religious anger: Middle Eastern leaders stoke religious riots because it makes their secular governments look tame in comparison.![](https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/china_795.jpg)