{"id":56395,"date":"2014-08-12T06:55:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T14:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=56395"},"modified":"2014-08-12T06:55:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T14:55:03","slug":"wp-why-the-riots-in-st-louis-had-little-to-do-with-st-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=56395","title":{"rendered":"WP: ‘Why the riots in St. Louis, had little to do with St. Louis’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Post<\/a>: “St. Louis doesn\u2019t riot. That has long been part of the city\u2019s lore.”<\/p>\n

OK, but Sunday night it did. I wonder why. Hmm, might it have something to do with the characteristics of a population? The riots occurred in largely black areas and blacks are more likely to riot and to commit crimes than other races. This holds true everywhere in the world so these riots had nothing particular to do with St. Louis or the United States. America’s racial problems are the world’s racial problems. Races don’t behave differently in America than elsewhere. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Post: “St. Louis doesn\u2019t riot. That has long been part of the city\u2019s lore.” OK, but Sunday night it did. I wonder why. Hmm, might it have something to do with the characteristics of a population? The riots occurred … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blacks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t