Except this isn’t LA. It will get out of hand but only in a small way. LA wasn’t really forewarned about the riots. What you don’t want to do is give the rioters a place to concentrate their firepower like a police line.
In heavily armed places like the Midwest, it’s a little more difficult to riot for long. People will start shooting at them, especially if the police are absent.
My brother was living in LA during the Rodney Riots. His neighborhood was protected by a Latino street gang.
His street may have been, but street gangs out here made a massive haul during the riots.
I’m not convinced this isn’t going to spill over into St. Louis. If a firm hand is not used from the start, that’s just what you’ll get.
These people want stuff. They’ll go where stuff is.
Yes, L. A. was forewarned about the riots. They knew the verdicts were coming down and actually staged officers. Those officers were not called out and placed on the line. This meant that the general pubic was open season targets from the get go.
I saw video of a white guy driving a car down a street, and shot dead point blank. You won’t see that replayed for the masses.
That’s another thing you can expect, as street thugs implement justice, sans massive push-back.