Latest Civil Unrest Headlines
All the headlines from our Civil Unrest Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Awards North Dakota Nearly $28M Over Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Apr 25 2025 // A federal judge on Wednesday found the state of North Dakota entitled to nearly $28 million for responding to protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in 2016 and 2017 — a win for the state in its multiyear effort to...
Rising Civil Unrest, Political Violence Remain Top 10 Risk for Global Businesses: Allianz
Apr 10 2025 // Soaring levels of civil unrest and political violence are a key concern for businesses of all sizes as well as for their insurers, according to a report published by Allianz Commercial. The impact of civil unrest or...
Trial Begins in Texas Pipeline Company’s Lawsuit Over Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Feb 28 2025 // An attorney for a Texas pipeline company said Wednesday at trial that he will prove various Greenpeace entities coordinated delays and disruptions of a controversial oil pipeline’s construction in North Dakota, and...
Texas Assisted Living Facility Fined for Firing Nurse With Sleep Disorder
Nov 18 2024 // VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination and...
Louisiana Community Protest Approval Process for Ammonia Plant
Nov 8 2024 // ELKINSVILLE, La. (AP) — A dispute over a planned ammonia plant near a historic Black town in southeastern Louisiana ratcheted up a notch with a challenge to the state’s approval process. The battle over the plant...
States Worried About Election Unrest Take Security Precautions
Nov 5 2024 // A security fence rings a Las Vegas building where a Nevada county tabulates votes. An Arizona sheriff has his department on high alert to guard against potential violence with drones and snipers on standby. The National...
London Protesters Demand Water Companies Clean Up Sewage-Tainted Rivers
Nov 5 2024 // Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a cleanup of Britain’s sewage-clogged...
Texas Assisted Living Facility Fined for Firing Nurse With Sleep Disorder
Nov 1 2024 // VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination and...
Predictive Model Delivers Insights as Insurers, Reinsurers Brace for More Civil Unrest
Oct 9 2024 // Executive Summary: Insurers and reinsurers are responding to heightened risks of civil unrest with better calculations of their probable maximum losses, careful risk pricing, clear contractual wordings, and by using new...
Appeals Court Returns Part of Dakota Access Pipeline Protestor’s Lawsuit
Sep 30 2024 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An appeals court has sent back part of a lawsuit brought by a protester of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, who alleged excessive force by law enforcement officers. Eric Poemoceah, of Oklahoma, filed...
Cops Vow to Avert Risk of Havoc From DNC Protesters Converging in Chicago
Aug 20 2024 // Security is always tight at Chicago’s Accenture Tower, a skyscraper that connects to a downtown transportation hub and houses the Israeli consulate. This week it will resemble a fortress. Located less than two miles...
Insured Losses From UK Riots Will Be Manageable, With Claims Below £250M: Report
Aug 13 2024 // Insured losses from recent riots in the United Kingdom are expected to remain at manageable levels with a limited impact on insurers’ credit profiles, according to credit agency Morningstar DBRS, in a market...
UK Revisits Social Media Regulation After Far-Right Riots
Aug 12 2024 // The British government is considering changes to the Online Safety Act designed to regulate social media companies, following a week of racist rioting driven by false information online. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The act,...
Judge Tosses Suit Alleging Excessive Force During Dakota Access Pipeline Protest
Aug 9 2024 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has thrown out the remainder of a lawsuit by an Arizona man who alleged excessive force was used against him when he was protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline. In...
Texas Assisted Living Facility Sued for Firing Worker With Sleep Disorder
Aug 2 2024 // VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, violated federal law when it denied an employee an accommodation for her sleep disorder and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Wall Street Pushes Back After Activists Escalate Protests
Jul 15 2024 // Against a backdrop of intensifying climate protests targeting Wall Street, the heavyweights of US finance are pushing back against what they characterize as a fundamentally flawed debate. For more than a month now, scores...
Judge: Protestors Can’t March Through Security Zone at Republican National Convention
Jul 11 2024 // MADISON, Wis . (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that protesters can’t march through a security zone at the Republican National Convention, handing a defeat to liberals who had pushed to have closer access to...
West Texas Truckers Protest Low Wages, Working Conditions
Jul 3 2024 // MONAHANS — Low wages and working conditions that truck drivers describe as degrading have sparked an organized labor movement in the Permian Basin, a historic first for the nation’s busiest oil field. About a dozen...
Atlanta City Council Approves $2M for Students Pulled from Car During Protest
Jul 3 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta City Council has approved the payment of a settlement of $2 million to two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car while they were stuck in downtown traffic caused...
Jury Awards $700k to Seattle Protesters Jailed for Anti-Police Slogans on Barricade
Jun 27 2024 // Four protesters who were jailed for writing anti-police graffiti in chalk on a temporary barricade near a Seattle police precinct have been awarded nearly $700,000 after a federal court jury decided their civil rights were...
