Off the top of my head: Boston tea party? (about taxation without representation, and related issues)

I guess it is pretty typical that the establishment doesn't want to understand or acknowledge the real reasons for why rioters are upset, they'd rather smear them and keep things the way they are.

>Boston tea party

The people involved in that did not go around destroying the property of random uninvolved shopkeepers, it was specifically a rebellion against the English.

When the established rules leave some in a bad enough spot they will become frustrated enough to break the rules as best as they can. Sometimes all you get are pointless riots, sometimes you get music, sometimes you get a revolution. It depends on the situation.

What is always true is that the establishment wants to maintain the current order. They don't want to understand or accommodate the malcontents. Instead they smear and continue to oppress them.

In the case of the recent riots, there is a large segment of white america that want to see blacks kept down, and are happy for the police to do their dirty work. That's why there are protests, and that's also why there are riots - different people expressing their anger and frustration in their own ways.

Are you implying the Tulsa race massacre wasn't an act of hatred?

Seriously? Where did you go to school?

Start with the US revolution... and then find your way up through the 20th century. There are thousands of instances.

The US revolution wasn't people going around randomly burning down other people's houses and businesses, it was specifically targeted at the English oppressors.