...and if they beat the cops, they get to tend with the National Guard, who have a lot more firepower and a lot fewer reasons not to shoot to kill.
Not exactly a well thought out plan.
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During the Newark Riots in 1967, there was no communication between the cops and the National Guard. As a result, they spent more time shooting at eachother than at rioters.
There were a few other interesting tidbits from that Riot. La Cosa Nostra put out word to the black community that if they set foot in certain sections of the city they would not receive the same mercy that the Guard or the Police would provide. Also, many cops were incensed that the rioters left alone stores with "Soul Brother Owned" signs in them, so they shot the windows themselves. Unbenownst to both cops and rioters was the fact that many of the owners of these stores were actually white and tried to pass themselves off as black owned businesses to prevent looting.