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Originally Posted by Orgazmo

this is how I've understood the cause of the riots:

A notorious drug dealer/gangster named Rodney King (which is what FC's article mentions) was beaten by police after allegedly resisting arrest. This was the cited reason for the protests, but the underlying cause is more that the urban folks (mostly black, but it's more about being poor, having a shitty life and no job prospects) feel like the rich are given preferential treatment, job rates are shitty, and those in urban areas feel like they really have no hope for a decent future. Given the Duggan thing as an excuse to get together, they've started feeding off of each others' angst.

The rioters seem to be dumb, poor people who feel like they'll always be dumb, poor people because they were brought up by dumb, poor people. It's compounded by the fact that dumb, poor people are becoming poorer by not being able to get a job (because there aren't enough jobs to employ all of the dumb people).

That's what some say.

Black people rioting is basically like madlibs.