The riots are only an excuse to go rob your nearest burning Wal-Mart. I’ve seen it before. The Rodney King riots were a prime example. People were stealing so much crap that the tires were blowing out on their cars when they made a run for it. It was not about justice for anybody as the media
would have you believe but about plain and simple STEALING!
I lived through those riots in a city bordering the hot spots during the rioting. It was surreal. My roommate and I lived on the 3rd story of a condominium complex that looked down on our local strip mall. Two men from our neighborhood took to the roof of an auto parts store with rifles and one of our neighbors patrolled the alley behind our complex with his gun. Throughout the night their were a few bands of thugs that drove up to that strip mall and when we called the police they said they were currently too busy to answer the call but would try to get there when they could. It was only by a miracle that that strip mall wasn't robbed or torched (and believe me we were praying for God's protection over our neighborhood that night!).
In some cases, the most insane aspect of the rioting was that after the looters would torch a place, they would try to attack the firemen who were showing up to put out the fire, which took strong police presence to accompany the firetrucks when they were working to help under dangerous and horrific conditions.
I know this is a frightening thought, but in the event of widespread rioting, know that the police may be too busy to protect you.