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pstokely Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 07:38 AM
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why did power riot during the 77 blackouts but not the 65 blackouts?
would people have rioted if 9/11 never happened?
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 09:01 AM
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1. MLK?
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 09:05 AM
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2. Barricades
Edited on Sat Aug-16-03 09:11 AM by Crisco
The city's administration itself didn't handle 1977 all that well.

And tar me if you wish, but I think Guiliani had something to do with it. NYPD aside, he made it clear during his administration he expected NY citizens to be a class act. Some of them apparently responded,and learned from the example he set in 2001..
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 09:09 AM
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3. Because birth rates spiked in '66...
Maybe folks were more friendly and too busy getting "busy" to fight?

Naw...If that was the case, NYC should have exploded like Mogadishu this time....
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pstokely Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 09:14 AM
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4. delete this thread
nt
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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 09:19 AM
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5. 'Cuz former mayor Ed Koch was a freakin' wimp!
He was too busy coddling criminals to do his job of putting cops on the beat to stop the looting and rioting.
Wanna know how I know this? I was in my home in Queens, NY, when the lights went out and crooks came out--about a month before my 17th birthday!
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 09:21 AM
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6. poverty level was much higher?
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ArkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 09:47 AM
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7. I don't remember the power ever rioting.
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