We have been fortunate not to experience election violence.
I’ve heard that police departments around the country are quietly gearing up for election day and the days after. If anything happens, they would like to nip it in the bud. But as we saw years ago with riots, esp. after Martin Luther King was killed, the police can be overwhelmed by angry mobs.
This election has made history based on predictions of violence. I have never, ever, heard of threats of violence based on results of any previous election in this country.
The Dems have started them before. Here’s one from 1866-
New Orleans Riots (1873–1874), clash of political factions led by Louisiana gubernatorial rivals Republican W. P. Kellogg and Democrat John McEnery. The disorder began 5 March 1873, when McEnery’s partisans attacked two police stations. On 6 March the members of McEnery’s legislature were arrested and jailed. In response to the violence, federal troops were ordered into Louisiana to protect Republican officials, which angered the McEneryites. In response, McEnery’s supporters formed the White League in the spring of 1874. On 14 September 1874, the league launched a successful attack on Kellogg’s forces; twenty-seven people were killed in the melee. McEnery took over the state government the following day, but U.S. troops hurried into the city and restored Kellogg on 17 September. The uprising paved the way for the overthrow of the Republican regime in Louisiana three years later.
Now we have Odinga’s model...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcpdUtxNQ