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>>novia+(OP)
Am I the only one that gets the feeling these riots have nothing to do with George Floyd at this point and are just a massive boiling over of tension from Coronavirus lockdown orders?

>>war102+63
Race riots are nothing new in the US. The Rodney King riots didn't have a virus to blame.

Seriously? Given the choice between "many decades of racial animosity and unfair police conduct" and "it's the lockdown", you really made that choice?

>>newacc+l5
The Rodney King riots were isolated to Los Angeles.

If these riots had stayed isolated to Minneapolis you'd have a point.

>>war102+q6
there was no internet or social media back then. Different times.

>>dalyon+T7
Google when was the WWW started (hint: August 6th, 1991), now do when was the LA Riots hint: May 4, 1992.

It was in its infancy but the internet did exist. Technically the "INTERNET" was around in the 1960's.