Sam1911 said:
Which points out pretty well why this little bit of bad behavior doesn't deserve to be compared to any of the real RIOTS we've endured in our past. (Or anything at all like other countries still suffer when their societies get troubled.)
But our news media sure loves to have a juicy story to embellish...
This is for sure. Miami ,1980, 18 dead, all "Civilians", all but 2 white, beaten with clubs. Miami Herald metal news racks and anything else they could get their hands on.
Detroit 1943,Watts,(LA) 1965 ,Detroit,again, 1967, LA ,again 1992, all over 40 dead. And then there was
Tulsa, Oklahoma ,1921
"During the 16 hours of the assault, more than 800 people were admitted to local white hospitals with injuries (the two black hospitals were burned down), and police arrested and detained more than 6,000 black Greenwood residents at three local facilities.[2]:108–109 An estimated 10,000 blacks were left homeless, and 35 city blocks composed of 1,256 residences were destroyed by fire. The official count of the dead by the Oklahoma Department of Vital Statistics was 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300."
But little or no cable, ,no Facebook,Instagram or Twitter, no 24/7news cycle.
It's a sad world today.