Regardless of the nature of a riot, a riot is inexcusable. The citizens in the video did however claim to have a reason. They said it was political. Constant years of neglect along with barely having enough to survive. Regardless of the situation I feel that the people are optimistic and took advantage of a bad situation. In both situations, social deprivation, injustice or blackout, looting was not the means to the issue that was present. In looting they took advantage of the situation. Yes, it does gain exposure and airtime that may possibly help, but it also comes with a lot of negative publicity and energy. The big difference between the 1977 Blackout riot wasn’t because of problems with police rather with the storeowners. The people felt
