Originally Posted By: olivant
This must be considered: poor white people, Hispanic people, and Asian people in America have been shot and killed by law enforcement. However, white people, Hispanic people, and Asian people in America do not, in response, riot.

We all have the power to engage in political activity in order to influence local, state, and federal government policies and procedures. The black community in America has done so on a grand scale that resulted in monumental changes in local, state, and federal policies and procedures. In other words, there is much precedent for such political activity.


Good post. Though I will say that I saw some Hispanic people carrying "found"furniture and tv's in footage of the L.A. riots smile

People out there rioting don't want to engage in political activity....they are the thug element acting out under the protection/cloud of a mob.
None(or very few) of them are registered to vote...and apparently they haven't studied the effects of riots in the past 20 years. Merchants move it, taking with them the local jobs, buildings are rebuilt using union guys who are mostly from outside the community, and in some cases the people who live there are displaced. It's a net loss for the people in the area looters and regular citizens alike.