They didn't spring into action at *exactly* the same time. You can see the latency - it started in Minneapolis and that was a signal that they all responded to. Closer networks responded to the signal faster. The signal was allowing the riots to proceed without interference.
They built it but no one controls it. "Do not call up what you cannot put down"
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