In a sane world, riots are an opportunity to cull the worst of the population.
Hmmm. You do know who the ‘gubbermint” likes and dislikes, don’t you? It aint the “gibmedats” and “occupy ___ streeters”. If it were, they would be a blip on the radar screen of memory. They are not, so who is it the state is afraid of?
Read the DOI lately?