Riots are a necessary response to rulers' breach of power

Oppressed peoples have a right to protest through rebellion and riot. While governments are in place to protect the people from being taken advantage of, the government (or the ruling class) has no higher authority holding them accountable. When rulers legislate or enact violence towards its subjects, then its subjects have a right to protest and defend themselves.^[1] If self-defense is justified, then riots against the ruling class or the government are also justified. If the government is oppressing its people and violating their right to live or vote, then the government has forgone its social contract to serve its people. The government is an entity meant to serve the common good, but government leaders can easily become corrupt and abuse their power. When the government uses its power to maintain unjust laws, overtax its people, or imprison its people without due process of the law, the government cannot expect its people to accept such injustices quietly.^[2] The people should, and will, riot.

[P1] The government should protect and defend its people. [P2] If the government is not fulfilling its duty to protect its people, then violent response is justified.