I've never understood the mindset: My team wins so let's go burn something.
—yep—IIRC, started in the late ‘70’s—
Nah son the same communities here in the US who do this are the same ones that do it in the other countries.
This is not a European thing.
Looting, rampaging and pillaging seems to be the accepted norm now all over the Western “civilised” world.
It happens as a form of protest or celebration but it is happening with greater frequency.
Methinks the leniency and featherweight treatment criminals
and offenders get as a result of bad behavior is to blame.
If an offender were to get a year of hard labor at Sing-sing prison, we’d see this behavior diminish but I know this will not happen so...the mayhem will continue.
And steal some stuff too.
“...US fans behave likewise when their team wins.”
Very true.
Back in 2002 and 2003, the University of Minnesota (my alma mater) won back to back national championships in mens hockey. The area around campus was chock full of buttholes trashing cars, setting fire to dumpsters and throwing things at police.
It was ridiculous.
Yet both groups of rioters seem to have something in common.
Me either...it's nuts.