Rioting 
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2/21/2021
January 6, 2021: A Day of Populist Transgression
by Robert A. Schneider
The Capitol riot included a small core of actors bent on destruction, with many more along for the ride reveling in a moment of transgression. In this way, it was a microcosm of the Trumpian movement that, now unleashed, will be difficult to contain.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
1/7/2021
Trump’s Supporters Think They’re Being Patriotic. And That’s The Problem
by Christine Adams
The September Massacres of 1792 finished the overthrow of the French monarchy and paved the way to the Reign of Terror; the significance of conspiracy theory, rumor, and identification of enemies of the people were echoed in Wednesday's Capitol riots (though with, as yet, less bloodshed).
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
1/7/2021
What Pro-Trump Insurrectionists Share — and Don’t — With the American Revolution
by Jordan E. Taylor
Wednesday's Capitol rioters believe they carry on the legacy of the revolution, but it's not in the way they think. The Declaration of Independence reflects the prevalence of conspiracy theories and fake news among the colonial rebels.
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SOURCE: Huffington Post
9/24/2020
How Segregationists Rushed Through The 1968 Rioting Laws DOJ Is Using In 2020
The Anti-Rioting Act was conceived as a way to suppress civil rights protests in the 1960s and today may be invoked to charge participants in protests with serious federal crimes.
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SOURCE: New York Times
6/18/2020
What Kind of Society Values Property Over Black Lives?
by Robin D.G. Kelley
"Let me offer a more productive question instead: What is the effect of obsessing over looting?"
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SOURCE: We're History
4-30-15
Rioting: An American Tradition
by Heather Cox Richardson
Looking at the rioters in Baltimore, or any other place, in isolation misses the point. If Americans have one grand political tradition, it is rioting.
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