The violence of the American Revolution was targeted at the government institutions and military that directly threatened them.
These riots are targeted at innocent civilians. Destroying peoples livelihoods, setting fire to residences with people still inside (including children), etc.
I would not be so quick to draw such a comparison.
>>lliama+(OP)
American revolutionaries targeted loyalist civilians for violence and property destruction. Let's not ignore the ugly parts of our national history. In some cases it was literally terrorism, at least by the modern definition.
>>nradov+fD
It's fair to bring that up, but I don't think it changes my point. Defending against a military force which is threatening one's independence is worlds apart from violence towards innocent civilians. That the latter was committed during revolutionary period does not mean it was justified then, nor is it justified now.