New guidance on AP Stylebook Online: Use care in deciding which term best applies: A riot is a wild or violent disturbance of the peace involving a group of people. The term riot suggests uncontrolled chaos and pandemonium. (1/5)
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Unrest is a vaguer, milder and less emotional term for a condition of angry discontent and protest verging on revolt. (3/5)
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Protest and demonstration refer to specific actions such as marches, sit-ins, rallies or other actions meant to register dissent. They can be legal or illegal, organized or spontaneous, peaceful or violent, and involve any number of people. (4/5)
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Revolt and uprising both suggest a broader political dimension or civil upheavals, a sustained period of protests or unrest against powerful groups or governing systems. (5/5)
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You mean “unrest.”
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And this is why the press is the enemy of the people
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Some of us value life over property. And literally they are using brutality to cause confusion and chaos during otherwise peaceful protests. But it’s not your kids, family, friends dying at the hands of police, so the broken Target window (by white ppl) is the REAL problem right?
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