No riots after OJ trial

[rainforests1]

There was maybe a 99.9% chance that OJ was guilty. There were riots after the Rodney King and Michael Brown cases, but doing a Google search regarding the OJ trial nothing pops up. A few questions from this: if the media treated people as individuals and ignored race altogether, would these riots still be happening? What benefits have riots brought people that makes them worth the risk?

 

[Mischief]

Those who are in authority don't need to riot.

 

[flyingsnail]

The Rodney King experience really did seem to change the LA police department.....perhaps the riots are part of what motivated change?

 

[Spang]

White people do riot, but not because cops are killing their brothers and sisters, but because:

A football coach was fired:

A hockey team lost:

A baseball team won:

And pumpkins:

However, what Black people are doing is not a riot, it's a rebellion.

 

[flyingsnail]

However, what Black people are doing is not a riot, it's a rebellion.

Ins't it interesting how the very language and framing of the events effect how people think of them?

 

[Clueless Git]

What benefits have riots brought people that makes them worth the risk?

Free TV's.

You never ever see a riot scene in a film without someone scuttling cross screen with a freshly 'acquired' TV.

 

[rainforests1]

White people do riot, but not because cops are killing their brothers and sisters, but because:

A football coach was fired:

A hockey team lost:

A baseball team won:

And pumpkins:

However, what Black people are doing is not a riot, it's a rebellion.

1992 Los Angeles riots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I guess the 53 people killed in LA must have been guilty of something.

 

[Spang]

1992 Los Angeles riots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I guess the 53 people killed in LA must have been guilty of something.

That was in 1992. My previous post is in present tense, not past tense.