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How protests become riots

Why do some peaceful protests stay peaceful while others devolve into violence, rioting and/or looting? Some experts say it's a toxic cocktail of historic oppression turbocharged by acute police repression. The uncomfortable truth is that riots aren't random outliers of human behavior; they're a direct result of historical injustice —and sometimes, they're the only things that truly change history.

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Oppression, repression, violence: How protests become riots