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One thing good television news has given us: a more nuanced view of “mobs in the street.” Some so-called mobs are really just hired thugs en masse, others are politically inflamed people out of control. But many street demonstrations are gatherings of honest citizens expressing dissent or a specific grievance. The year 2019 has seen a shocking number of those kinds of street demonstrations in Latin America. Columbia University analyst Christopher Sabatini takes us around a troubled continent to see what’ explains the “mobs.”
By KSFROne thing good television news has given us: a more nuanced view of “mobs in the street.” Some so-called mobs are really just hired thugs en masse, others are politically inflamed people out of control. But many street demonstrations are gatherings of honest citizens expressing dissent or a specific grievance. The year 2019 has seen a shocking number of those kinds of street demonstrations in Latin America. Columbia University analyst Christopher Sabatini takes us around a troubled continent to see what’ explains the “mobs.”