*fell down a whole 'nowhere rabbit hole for a minute*

Baltimore Bank Riot, a response by citizens to losing millions of dollars in savings through alleged fraud and theft by bank personnel. Ran down on the Wealthies homes, police just couldn't contain it!! 🫠

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_bank_riot
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.....not only were they unable to.. contain the mob, they abandoned the Wealthies who were being attacked, and THEN gave the rioters reparations... 😇😇😇
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Ahhhhh, a favorite of mine, for it's where you first encounter a "radical" faction of Democrats, the Locofocos.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour_riot_of_1837
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