https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Bulls_Championship_riots
“38 stores were looted or broken into and 650 people were arrested after the Bulls defeated the Seattle SuperSonics to win the 1996 NBA championship on June 16, 1996. The city of Chicago had spent over $3 million in preparation for violence if the Bulls won.[1] Despite the preparations, a teenager was stomped to death for wearing a Los Angeles Lakers jacket. He had been attacked so severely that the Swoosh logo from a Nike shoe was imprinted on his forehead.[9]”
Detroit - 1984 and 1990
Boston – 2004, 2007 and 2013
Chicago – 1991, 1992 and 1993
Denver – 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001
Cleveland – 1974
A Black man killed by police provides “excellent moral justification” for rioting, looting (Yeah!) and arson.
However, if one is not available, Winning OR Loosing a sports championship is a good reason also.
More people die as the result of BLM/Antifa/”Gimme Stuff” rioting than are ever killed by police. Most of the slain are probably “minority”.
But, hey, I got my stuff, burned a few cop cars and stores and “Spoke Truth to Power!”
All the while the MSM, Academia and the Democrat Party (too much redundancy?) are singing “We Shall Overcome”.
Regarding trouble makers—BLM/Antifa/”GimmeStuff/KKK, here is how it looked in DC over time. Trumps inaugural, saw some window breaking/other vandalism, my guess Antifa types. This past Sunday night, intermittent window breaking, mostly minor arson before 11pm curfew, some Antifa/BLM/independent trouble makers. After 11pm mostly vandals and thieves(GimmeStuffs). Reportedly 88 arrested mostly for robbery and vandalism. Monday after the curfew, action moved from around 16th and H and I up to 14th and S and Swann, NW. Many refused to leave for curfew and accepted arrest for violating curfew, something like 300 people mostly non-violent, non-criminal.
I wonder how many had planned to do that before the President’s actions that evening at 7pm. About 30 minutes before 7pm, please fired on peaceful protestors with tear gas and smoke bombs, driving them away from the area. Then President Trump (who apparently had ordered this action), walked from the White House to the church whose office had been burned the night before. He stood on the church property and made his speech with Bible in hand. Later, that evening the Episcopal Bishop of DC denounced his behavior, causing her seminarians who were among the peaceful demonstrators to be gassed so he could stand on her churche’s grounds, without notice or permission to make his political statement. Later when the 11pm news shows had ended, the people around 15th and Swann were being gassed, and a neighbor allowed around 60 to seek shelter and spend the night in his home until the 6am lifting of the curfew. Now showing much larger group of demonstrators who marched from H St. to U St. and back. A friend tells me there is a demonstration planned for the Mall on Wednesday. I suspect these crowds are growing because of the Trump intervention.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics/cnntv-bishop-trump-photo-op/index.html
Almost all articles posted were linking the gassing of peaceful protesters and Trump’s display on Church property without permission. Just now was informed church people were on the grounds serving water and other help and were driven away by the police actions and chemicals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oRQF68psdY This is a video that actually shows and broadcasts Trump in front of the church. To the left you can see where someone ran down stairs to throw something burning inside a church office. It was put out without spreading, but the rest of the church is also now boarded up. There are many comments below the video, all I saw were negative. The following video was Biden speaking. Equal time doctrine? Time will tell if this hurts or helps Trump’s election results.