• Victor@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          That’s quite far back, I was but a youngster/teenager and I’m not from America. What made rioting warranted back in 2002?

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            4 months ago

            Full disclosure, I’m also not American. But I was thinking of the Patriot Act, which IMO was a huge power grab by the Executive Branch and paved the way for a lot of the problems (especially widespread indiscriminate surveillance) that are present today.

            It’s up to the Americans of course, and I remember there being protests about it, but I was really surprised they just let that go on without getting rowdy.