Riots
Riots
A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property targeted varies depending on the riot and the inclinations of those involved.
Nika riots
Riots have broken out after and even during hockey, football, rugby, and soccer games. In Constantinople the Nika riots over the course of a week in 532 CE when some of the most violent riots in the city's history, burned half of Constantinople with tens of thousands of people killed.
Was it a race war? In a manner of speaking you could say that. At the Hippodrome on January 13, 532, at the end of the 22nd chariot race crowed began to chant NIKA! NIKA!
The term can be translated WIN! WIN! but it really means victory by conquering. In Greek it is the root word of Nicolaitan whose deeds God hates.
Those chanting were the two teams, Blues and Greens. There were other teams like red and white but they were less significant. These sport teams also had a political element to them. They would shout political chants between races and events.
Justinian and an officials, John the Cappadocian had been reducing the civil service and combating corruption. The shadow government of the power elite resisted this attempt at draining the swamp of a vast bureaucracy. many of those who lost or feared loosing their lucrative positions joined the ranks of the Greens.
Justinian reduced the political influence and lobbying power of both Blue and Green teams. Both cited these reforms as imperial oppression. Romans believed themselves "chosen by God" and Justinian reform of their codes in thirteen months was praised by some but gave the appearance of a cause to be angry by others. They had slowed to a crawl because the aristocracy objected and were hindering him at every opportunity. A reduction of rules and a simplification of the codes made it impossible for the aristocracy, power elite, to use the complex codes and obscure laws avoid unfavorable verdicts or prosecutions of themselves.
There were accusations concerning a murder by a Blue and a Green whose sentence had been commuted from death to imprisonment rather than a pardon. But that seemed to just be a means to ignite the growing tension.
Many of the senators saw this as an opportunity to overthrow Justinian. They and the aristocratic shadow government had opposed his reforms and popularity. They encouraged the Blue and Greens who attacked the palace and elected a new emperor, Hypatius. On his coronation day Narses carrying a bag of gold given to him by Justinian came into the Hippodrome and bribed the leaders of the Blue team to withdraw their support from Hypatius and the Greens. Upon leaving thirty thousand rioters were killed as rebels by the army of Belisarius and Mundus who stormed into the Hippodrome.
Top ten Riots
The top ten riots in America classified as riots have been listed as:
10. The 1965 Watts riots occurred when Marquette Frye, an African-American motorist on parole for robbery, was pulled over for reckless driving.
A minor roadside argument broke out, which then escalated into a fight with police.
Community members reported that the police had hurt a pregnant woman, and six days of civil unrest followed.
Nearly 4,000 members of the California Army National Guard helped suppress the disturbance, which resulted in:
- Death(s) 34
- Injuries 1,032
- Arrested 3,438
- more than 200 buildings destroyed with
- 320 million dollars in damages in 2019 dollar in their own neighborhood
9. Detroit riots of June 20-22, 1943.
The rioting in Detroit began among youths at Belle Isle Park and moved into the city proper and was exacerbated by false rumors of racial attacks in both the black and white communities. This was more about job competition and uncertain economic conditions than race.
- Thirty-four people died and about 1,800 were arrested. Race a
8. New Orleans Massacre, July 30, 1866.
A crowd of black freedmen marching for their liberties against the newly-legislated Black Codes was attacked by a mob of Democrats.
- 44 died ...The victims were from both sides.
7. Detroit 1967 Riot on July 23-27.
- 43 people dead, 2,000 buildings destroyed, and 7,300 people arrested,
6. Memphis riots of 1866, May 1-3
Racial violence was ignited by political, social, and racial tensions following the American Civil War, in the early stages of Reconstruction. The outrage of these riots against the black Americans strengthened the case made by Republicans in the U.S. Congress that helped protect freedmen in the Southern United States and protecting their rights as citizens.
- 48 died
5 Los Angeles Riots of 1992. The beating of Rodney King, and the subsequent acquittal of the LAPD officers sparked riots where more than 2,300 were injured, and thousands were arrested. About 1,100 buildings were damaged.
- At least 52 people were killed in the subsequent rioting.
- There was an estimated $1 billion worth of property damage.
New era of local activism blossomed in Watts, including reformed street gang members who joined with the Black Panther Party to rebuild and monitor police excesses. Numerous members were actually undercover officers, including the FBI. Some of them actually started branches of the Black Panthers. So in fact, the police were policing those who were trying to police the police.
Rodney King
Rodney King was caught by police after a high-speed chase where he had been driving while intoxicated. The chase had endangered civilians and officers.
In a video he was seen being struck by police officers dozens of times. The media did not always show how he he attacked officer, kept getting up after being tasered. He had violently resisted arrest. Did the officers over react? Some of them were eventually charged and covictted of violating King's civil rights ad King was awarded $3.8 million damages stemming from a civil rights trial.
Miss Kelley was on the jury and eventually became his girlfriend. Rodney got in trouble other times because of his alcohol and drug use. He and Kelly spent all the money. At the time of his death in 2012 he was 43. He was found at the bottom of hi pool in Rialto, California by Miss Kelly.
Autopsy says Rodney King was "in a state of drug and alcohol-induced delirium" when he died. It also stated that "The effects of the drugs and alcohol, combined with the subject's heart condition, probably precipitated a cardiac arrhythmia and the subject, thus incapacitated, was unable to save himself and drowned," the autopsy summary said. "There is nothing in the history or autopsy examination to suggest suicide or homicide, and the manner of death is therefore judged to be accident."
Kelley told investigators King was "making grunting and growling sounds and have frothy secretions coming from his mouth." His brother said Rodney "was no longer abusing hardcore street drugs or using Phencyclidine (PCP)." The Coroners report said. PCP was among the combination of drugs found in his blood during the autopsy.
He had just published his 2012 memoir, The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption.
Top ten Riots continued
4. Manhattan Orange Riots, July 12, 1870 & 1871.
This was a dispute brought by the Irish Orange conflict with 5000 armed men and a mob confronting one another in a power struggle.
- over 60 were killed. 25 protestants. 33 Catholics and 3 police and guardsmen trying to restore the peace.
3. Tulsa race Massacre, May 31-June 1, 1921.
A mob attacked businesses and residents in the predominantly African-American Greenwood district. A coverup went unchallenged for 75 years.
- The state of Oklahoma says 39 people died from the violence.
- The Red Cross says more than 300 people died.
2. The Atlanta race riot of 1906
These riots made headline news throughout Europe for its especially brutal character. Officially, 25 people died, but unofficial estimates from a range of organizations put the death toll as high as 100.
The democrats, supported by the KKK, wanted to keep the African Americans as a labor class with little or no vote. African Americans had established prosperous businesses and developed an elite who distinguished themselves from working-class blacks. They were resented by some whites, mostly those in political power.
Their cry was that white women were being molested. That appears that there were some cases of that including the rape of Ethel Lawrence and her aunt and two other women. But those are excuses not reasons to attack a whole community. To do so would be savagery.
1. The Draft Riots of Manhattan, July 13-16, 1863
This explosion of anger at being conscripted into the Union army was bad enough but the fact that military service could be avoided with a payment of $300 (worth about $9,000 now). The anger did turn to the black community probably because of their support of the war and Lincoln who imposed the draft.
The official number of dead is either 119 or 120.
Prison riots
Prison riots are not "civil disorder" and therefore are listed here to share to see under lying relationship of Crowd psychology and even underlying cause of an Addiction to violence or even drugs whch will be revisited in the recording and podcasts of Keys of the Kingdom.
The Attica Prison uprising, also known as the Attica Prison rebellion or Attica Prison riot, occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States, in 1971. Based upon prisoners' demands for better living conditions and political rights, the uprising was one of the most well-known and significant flashpoints of the Prisoners' Rights Movement.
Prison riots can be caused by:
- Poor or no responses to legitimate inmate complaints and requests.
- Failure to respond to inmate-to-inmate violence and overcrowding.
- Failure to control contraband, graft and corruption.
- Inconsistent enforcement of rules and responsibility.
- Lack of meaningful programs or activities for inmates.
Causes vs Excuses
There are "Causes and excuses" for riots. The cause is often an internal element in the people or lack of character within the people brought on by environmental, social and cultural practices that manipulate and control not only the structure of society but also the minds of the individuals within society.
We made a report on Riots and their fundamental causes. It is the moral foundation of the individuals with in society or the lack of a moral foundation that makes the people vulnerable to be tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine. To help everyone understand elements of of societies vulnerability we offer the article on Crowd psychology which may lead to riots.
Counting Crimes
There are politicians, protesters and pundits who gather and share statistics correlating the numbers with the cause of what is conveniently identified as a problem in society.
But correlation alone is not proof of the cause without understanding the processes of the individual minds and their effects upon the crowd psychology of society as a group.
The Race in America, a Holy Post video by Phil Vischer correlates what appears to be an impressive list of statistics which he seems to claims prove the cause of the plight of American Black community is racism.
"I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed. – Booker T Washington
Different view - same statistics:
* America Is Less Racist Today Than Ever Before including comments by Condoleezza Rice narrated by Larry Elder
https://www.prageru.com/video/america-is-less-racist-today-than-ever-before/
* Larry Elder and facts about racism and profiling in America
https://www.prageru.com/video/is-america-racist/
* Facts matter
https://www.facebook.com/127225910653607/posts/3236873216355512/
* Are the Police Racist? by Heather Mac Donald
https://www.prageru.com/video/are-the-police-racist/
* Cops Are the Good Guys
https://www.prageru.com/video/cops-are-the-good-guys/
* The Left Wants to Keep Racism Alive
In America, there's a card more valuable than any card from Visa or American Express. What is it? How can you get one? Candace Owens answers these questions and explains why the Left continually invokes racism.
https://www.prageru.com/video/the-left-wants-to-keep-racism-alive/
While Phil's video is polished the facts can be misleading because it is missing a basic understanding of the key factors in the individual and social development of communities as the root causes of why they break down. His presentation is not alone in its misconception of the cause and effect for societal decay.
"A whining crying race may be pitied but seldom respected." – Booker T Washington
Many of the statistics presented by pundits who point to racism as the problem are used by their opponents to prove another cause for the effects we see.
There are those that like quoting that "In 2018, black people were three times more likely to be killed by police than were whites." That sounds terrible but is it because of racism?
What they fail to mention is that Black commit more than 5 times the crimes as whites including almost 50 percent of the murders even though they only account for 12% of the population.
In 2016 there were 6676 murders in the USA, 3176 were committed by blacks and 3196 by whites. Blacks are only 12% but commit almost 50% of the murders. How is that possible?
And white account for the other half of the murders but are more than half at 61% of the population. In 2016 there were 777 interracial homicides. 553 were committed by Blacks. Why are blacks committing more homicides?
Statistics also show that about 68 to 85% of all interracial homicides are committed by Blacks even though they are only 12% of the population. Historically speaking black people are not more violent than white people so the present statistics of who is most violent has nothing to do with race.
So what is causing this extreme inequality in murder and violent crimes rates if it is not racial? and what about police killings?
The FBI counted 435 “justifiable homicides” by police officers in 2016, and in 429 of the cases, the person had a firearm when killed.
Police killed 1,165 people in 2018. Seeing that the police are called to get to the most dangerous part of town and confront the most dangerous people in your community as quickly as possible it would seem that more people would likely die in a nation of 320,000,000 people.
More than 250,000 people in the US die every year because of medical mistakes, making it the third-leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer and doctors are not endanger of being shot, stabbed or over powered, nor do they have to wrestle their patience to the ground, subdue them, and take them into custody.
In 2017, police killed 19 unarmed black males, down from 36 in 2015, according to The Washington Post. There were 66 in 2016 police officers were “feloniously” killed but 135 died in the line of duty.
How many lives do police officers save every year by direct action? How many do they save by their presence?
"A recent “deadly force” study by Washington State University researcher Lois James found that police officers were less likely to shoot unarmed black suspects than unarmed white or Hispanic ones in simulated threat scenarios. Harvard economics professor Roland Fryer analyzed more than 1,000 officer-involved shootings across the country. He concluded that there is zero evidence of racial bias in police shootings. In Houston, he found that blacks were 24 percent less likely than whites to be shot by officers even though the suspects were armed or violent." [https://www.facebook.com/127225910653607/posts/3236873216355512/ Are the Police Racist? by Heather Mac Donald
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