Kentucky Students Riot After Loss to UNC in NCAA Tournament
When you think back to the riots in Charlotte in the summer of 2016, the Ferguson riots of 2014, or the Baltimore Riots of 2015, you probably don’t remember anyone describing the mobs of people as “not taking things so well”.
People were angry, they broke things, some fought with police, others looted.
While people’s actions during these different riots were not productive and determental to the cause, given the severity of the situation, with some reasonable thought, their actions could be somewhat understood (not condoned, but understood).
But they weren’t understood, they were attacked, by the media, by conservative political pundits, by conservative leaning social media commentators, even people on the left chimed in with disdain.
So when you set that as the backdrop, isn’t it interesting to see how students at the University of Kentucky are covered when they lose all sense and sensibility over a NCAA tournament loss?
Students at the University of Kentucky did not take the 75-73 Elite Eight loss to North Carolina so well Sunday evening.
Videos on Twitter surfaced shortly after the heartbreaking loss of students rioting by lighting stuff on fire and stomping on it while chanting “f–k UNC” along a street in Lexington.
Police in riot gear showed up to contain the situation and put out the fires.
Eventually, street sweepers came by, led by dozens of officers, as they cleared off the street and students went back to their houses.
They’re piling things in the road now. Chant is “bring out the couch.” pic.twitter.com/JLnIH4FYVD
Cops put out another fire. pic.twitter.com/5bEktOMu3l
This guy threw his lighter into the crowd as he was taken away from a pile of debris on #StateStreet pic.twitter.com/H1oFqAdQFu
Officers moving people from #StateStreet as they bring the sweepers through pic.twitter.com/63lHnPpfvc
No mention of thugs, animals, criminals, or anarchcy… I wonder why?
Steve
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