My response was directed to the immediate parent comment. As to the original question, riots don't just appear from nowhere. In your objection, you limited the

My response was directed to the immediate parent comment. As to the original question, riots don't just appear from nowhere. In your objection, you limited the time and space to just the time period around the riot, in which case your statement is completely valid. The start of my statement observes the longer span of time, and the frustrations and insecurities that put people to not be in the mood to "thoughtfully consider" something other than a riot. Your same point holds on that time scale as well, though it would be applied to a different group of people, and different but no less important feelings of endangerment and insecurity.