[Smokin' Joe]

One cop at the time said that you knew a riot was in the works when buckets of rocks began to appear on rooftops, so many of these riots were not spontaneous, they were planned.

If you watch video of the riots/looting after the Rodney King Verdict, you will see what appear to be scouts probing ahead of the crowd, breaking select storefronts, and moving on. Then the looters go in. I think the entire thing was as much about 'free stuff' as protest, if not more so, and I think there were very organized looting teams (gangs?) moving through in the vanguard of the rioters.

[boop]

I remember the Rodney King riots like it was yesterday.

Roughly 90% of the interviewed rioters/looters had NO IDEA about the verdict.

They just decided to go crazy.

Kill other black people (mostly) and do a lot of stealing and setting fires.

And the MSM?

They were there to cover it all, and blame George HW Bush for "not caring" and not sending money to immediately rebuild LA.

I expect nothing less if there are Zimmerman riots.

Except this time, the President won't be blamed for anything.