Some rioters, perhaps, try to make a political point through violence and destruction. This is the same basic idea that fuels terrorists.
Most rioters, though, lack even this thin pretext for actions like looting stores, such as the CVS that was burned to the ground yesterday. CVS’s efforts to sell aspirin and shampoo did not have a lot to do with the death of Freddie Gray…
Most rioters are simply opportunists: They observe that lawlessness has temporarily replaced order, and they think, “Cool. I’ll go join the fun.”
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