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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think the looting has anything to do with race.  It's just the power of the mob.  
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-14463452
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/11/the-psychology-of-a-riot_n_924839.html[/quote]
PP again.  I also think rioting & looting has become self-perpetuating.  People saw lots of rioting and looting on television after the Rodney King jury chose not to convict the police officers involved in the beating.  Since then, it seems most major confrontations now involve some rioting and looting.  I think people see it on TV, and think that's just acceptable behavior is a confrontation involving the police.

In a similar vein, it seems like US sports fans began rioting after big team victories.  I remember some big riot in the 1980s when the riot got huge and fans flipped and burned a car (Michigan maybe? Kansas?).  It was all over the TV, and there was tons of discussion about how insane and over-the-line fans were.  But not long after that, other US sports fans somewhere else flipped and burned a car in a post-victory riot.  Now, it seems almost every major sports victory results in rioting by fan.  I think people see it on TV and decide that's permissible behavior.[/quote]

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