I don't give a shit if it is bunch of Kentucky yahoos upset that their basketball team didn't win, or if it's a bunch of inner city youth who feel left out of the game...
There's no mystery in calling a riot a riot. Only a whole shit load of political correctness and willfull ignorance.
When store windows get broken...it's a riot.
When fires get set...it's a riot
When cement cinder blocks are thrown at first reponders...it's a riot
When shots are fired...it's a riot
When businesses are looted...it's a riot
When innocent people get caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time, and have their heads bashed in with a hammer and bricks, it's a riot.
When store owners have to protect their businesses with guns...it's a riot
When people march down the street, en mass, holding placards...its a demonstration.
Don't confuse a riot with a demonstration. And don't confuse an uprising with the looting of liquor stores, electronics and tennis shoe retailers. That's not an uprising. It's opportunism.