Anyone who does not understand this does not understand crime.
A reasonably fair brawl with the guys in the other letter color, fucking your joyous girl outdoors in the bushes, robbing the local merchant who insulted everyone's father, beating an actual pedophile type nearly to death, trading insults and more with government troops, throwing a giant illegal party - that is sport.
People do not do it for "resources."
A reminder about Paris etc. Rioting is fun. Anyone who doesn't grasp this is simply ignorant of the youthful male psyche. Out in the healthy fresh air with your mates. Throw a few cobbles at the gendarmes, burn a bus or a building. It's all good clean fun. Maybe not so much for those who get caught by les flics but the war wounds will be a wonderful conversation piece for decades to come.
No, really, once it's all kicked off - for whatever reason - it's fun.
A useful prediction is that it'll all die down on Wednesday. For those trying to manage riots pray for rain - it's all markedly less fun, this out with the mates, when you're getting wet.
Sorry about this but blokes, young blokes, are just like this.