Talk:Police riot

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I don't know about anyone else, but I've also heard the word used to refer to the act of the police (off-duty and/or on-duty) themselves rioting.

65.26.141.151 08:08, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nonsense

This article does not have a NPOV.

I agree. The statement In August 1988, a riot erupted in Tompkins Square Park in New York when police, some mounted on horseback, brutally attempted to enforce a newly-passed curfew for the park. Bystanders, artists, residents, homeless people and political activists were caught up in the police action that took place during the night of August 6-7. In an editorial, The New York Times dubbed the incident a "police riot",[2] and it became known as the Tompkins Square Park Police Riot. This is pure pro-activist bullshit. The police weren't the ones rioting, the rioters that were not complying with their orders, were. This entire article is pejorative. Equinox137 (talk) 05:30, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

I have to agree with Nonsense above. When police willfully ignore human nature they are responsible for the consequences. Police riot is not a pejorative, it is a description. Gregbard 22:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

deleted: "... a pejorative term that became increasingly more common through the late 20th century, implying ..."

Agreed --DavidShankBone 00:57, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm removing the tag, since there ain't much of a controversy brewing back here on the talk page. bobanny 22:53, 21 April 2007 (UTC)