In this era if there are riots they will be filmed, written about, twittered, and posted on the internet out of the control of the media narrative. Quite a bit of the film will be created by the rioters themselves. There won’t be any way to disguise it as a noble reaction to injustice as was claimed in the L.A riots.
No one believed that in 1992.
When the fear set in, and every city in America became afraid (for example, Phoenix had mini-riots) the women don't care about why, they just pick a protector. It's like the Stockholm Syndrome.
On the other hand, maybe Obama already knows he will lose. He would really love big riots in that scenario.