Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Except it's not, is it.
The killing was the flashpoint but it is not the reason.
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they don't seem to be actually rioting about anything in particular
This is based on your extensive interviews with rioters and knowledge/research regarding their living conditions, culture and history, yeah? On what basis do you expect to have an understanding if you don't attempt to understand?
It's not about judging, as you are still continuing to do:
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mindless smashing, looting, and starting to get violent with ordinary citizens
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perceived poverty
I mean come on, you're looking at this from the luxury of massive privilege and not even accepting that other people might have such a different experience of life that their value system might be both alien to yours and, in context, valid. Either attempt to understand causes (not to excuse or blame, that comes
after understanding) or stop pretending that you're doing anything other than offering a more right wing parody of some Daily Mail editorial.