21. I read the riot act again, too, 22. Hitchcock read the Riot Act to the residents of the room for possessing alcohol on the premises. 23. However, instead of showing a conciliatory approach, the authorities immediately read the Riot Act , and made two arrests. 24. Jasmine and Jordan do not look like people the dean's office sends over to read the riot act . 25. She says she read the riot act to the writer, telling her what she thought of fashion magazines. 26. The mayor, Albert Maisonville was forced to read the Riot Act and call upon the military for back up. 27. By 9, Mayor James Frink had made the decision to read the Riot Act to the crowd, which ignored him. 28. When a dozen or more noisemakers gathered, a constable was required to " read the Riot Act " to them. 29. He read or tried to read the Riot Act without effect, as the crowd " told him to go home ." 30. "My folks read the riot act when I went with Barnett because they didn't want me to become a professional musician,"
