Rachel Maddow understands the utility of a good old-fashioned riot.

While not exactly born and bred in the rough-and-tumble inner city (unless the green pastures of Stanford and Oxford count), Maddow has a wonderful vantage point—from her MSNBC news desk in New York City—to observe the little people and their affairs. Sadly, on Tuesday night, Maddow did not stop at mere observation or (despite what she frequently claims) straight reporting. 

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