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Well, also the fact that a police station is filled with armed police might also be a reason.

• nickff 6y ago
  So the rioters are hurting their fellow innocents because it's easy and less risky than going after the guilty? You're probably right, but it's not a flattering view of the rioters.
  • testbot123 6y ago
    > hurting their fellow innocents Are you talking about property damage, or actual violence like police killing unarmed black folks?
    • nickff 6y ago
      I am talking about the potential for injury (as always exists with fires, looting, and the like, here exemplified by the wheelchair-bound woman sprayed with a fire extinguisher), as well as the property damage, which often causes stress and emotional injury. It's also easy to forget that the people most harmed by looting are usually members of the (original) victims' own communities.
      • freeone3000 6y ago
        Maybe if she didn't want to be sprayed with a fire extinguisher she shouldn't have stabbed shoplifters with a knife.
  • komali2 6y ago
    Well there was a platoon of police armed to the teeth at the murderer's house, so burning the station was a good enough plan B.