3. There is 19th century literature about the unruly mob, often portrayed as insane, a body of writing rooted in pseudo-science (phrenology)
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4. Tradition of dismissing popular protest as "mob violence" was effectively challenged by the great British Marxists: E.P. Thompson & Co.
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5. The scholarly literature I'm thinking of comes from E.P. Thompson, Hobsbawm, George Rudes, Natalie Zemon Davis & many others.
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6. In writing on 18th century food riots, Thompson showed that far from being mindless, popular protests highly ritualized & followed script
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7. With food riots, you have very consistent pattern: broke out when authorities failed to uphold social contract based on moral economy
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@JulieKinMI Skip investigation? Officer didn't file incident report. Key witnesses weren't interviewed. Without protests, no investigation.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JulieKinMI If your unarmed teenage son were shot by police, would you take "wait & see" attitude or protest to get an investigation.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JulieKinMI One man's bad behavior is part of story but total unwillingness of cops to answer reasonable queries is much bigger factor.
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@JulieKinMI They will end up with PTSD because cops are aiming guns at them and shooting tear gas at them. Police tactics are shameful.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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