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What were the biggest? The MLK riots? How does one measure these things precisely anyway?
by whoooooo123 4y ago
What were the biggest? The MLK riots?
How does one measure these things precisely anyway?
- lazide 4y agoThere are tons of bigger ones [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_riots https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_riots], [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots], [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Chicago_riots https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Chicago_riots], [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot] hell even [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre] Last 2 years have been nothing, except for the ‘implications for democracy’ anyway. Pick any metric - deaths, injuries, property damage, etc.
- suoduandao2 4y agoRelevant: https://hwfo.substack.com/p/a-new-unit-of-measure-for-civil-unrest https://hwfo.substack.com/p/a-new-unit-of-measure-for-civil-...