Political riots in the United States

On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup, two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. They sought to keep him in power by preventing a joint session of Congress from counting the Electoral College votes to formalize the victory of then president-elect Joe Biden. The attack was unsuccessful in preventing the certification of the election results. According to the bipartisan House select committee that investigated the incident, the attack was the culmination of a plan by Trump to overturn the election. Within 36 hours, five people died: one was shot by the Capitol Police, another died of a drug overdose, and three died of natural causes, including a police officer who died of a stroke a day after being assaulted by rioters and collapsing at the Capitol. Many people were injured, including 174 police officers. Four officers who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months. Damage caused by attackers exceeded $2.7 million. It is the only attempted coup d'état directed towards the Federal government in the history of the United States.

aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday, May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago

2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia

1863 civil unrest over American Civil War conscription

November 1999 anti-globalization protests during the WTO Ministerial Conference in Seattle, Washington, USA

dispute over integration at University of Mississippi

1861 civil riot against Union troops during the American Civil War

nationwide protests in the aftermath of the 2020 United States election

2021 transgender rights controversy

1968 anti-Vietnam War protests and resulting police brutality in Chicago

1844 riots in Philadelphia and elsewhere