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Originally Posted by Alf

Maybe this Green party councillor who was out with them can?

Do you mean the guy who was trying to stop them?

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Most likely mechanism is that the family starts kicking off (for obvious reasons), their friends join in support... then after that, it's basically just people piggybacking off the unrest as an excuse to cause chaos (like any other riot). 90% of the people there aren't rioting about the actual thing that sparked it.

Bit like the George Floyd riots - I doubt most of the participants cared that much about a criminal who passed away while the police were apprehending him.