Nationwide riots ala Rodney King aren't exactly common, but that doesn't mean riots don't happen. Sports riots (LA NBA Championship, Vancouver Stanley Cup) are

Nationwide riots ala Rodney King aren't exactly common, but that doesn't mean riots don't happen. Sports riots (LA NBA Championship, Vancouver Stanley Cup) are almost a perennial event, and then there's the riots that happen at every globalization summit ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_riots http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_riots * only technically American, the best kind of American!