# Duke Lacrosse, DSK, Trayvon Martin ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 27, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-lacrosse-dsk-trayvon-martin/616952 "2012-03-27T15:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 22
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-lacrosse-dsk-trayvon-martin/616952/22 "2012-03-27T15:55:43Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > I am NOT trying to be some cable talking head calling for the national guard, but I do believe that this story has grown so powerful that anything LESS than a conviction of Zimmerman could lead to a lot of unrest. I’ll take that as a yes. I realize that if you lived through the riots in the '60s and/or saw the Rodney King or the Crown Heights riots up close, this kind of thing is more likely to be at the forefront of your mind. Still, I can’t help noticing that people are quick to suggest that black people might start rioting if they’re upset with something. Anything, really. It was suggested many times on this board that black people would riot if Obama lost in 2008, and there was never any concrete reason that it might lead to riots - it just seemed reasonable to some people to speculate that black people would riot if they didn’t get their way. As a reminder, there were no riots over the Amadou Diallo shooting, none over the sexual assault of Abner Louima by police (and I realize there were convictions in that case), none over the Sean Bell shooting, none over the Duke case, and I’m sure I’m forgetting my share of other controversial criminal cases that involved race in one way or other. > [@](#): > > It could end up with marches - and if the police do not over-respond, then we are good. There have already been marches, and nothing bad happened. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-lacrosse-dsk-trayvon-martin/616952)._