The New York City blackout and the Murray Hill riot are examples of criminals taking advantage of a situation where the police were on strike or unable to respo

The New York City blackout and the Murray Hill riot are examples of criminals taking advantage of a situation where the police were on strike or unable to respond, not of a panic. I'm not going to go through the entire list of incidents of civil unrest in the United States, but the first entry is described as an anti-government protest, not a panic either. Who do you expect to appoint intellectuals?