So what changed in society?
New York City.
1965 blackout,neighbors got together with cookouts and parties,no looting or violence.
1977 blackout,1,616 stores were damaged in looting and rioting. A total of 1,037 fires were responded to, 3,776 people were arrested.
Thirty-five blocks of Broadway were destroyed: 134 stores looted, 45 of them set ablaze. Thieves stole 50 new
Pontiacs from a
Bronx car dealership.
[1] In Brooklyn, youths were seen backing up cars to targeted stores, tying ropes around the stores' grates, and using their cars to pull the grates away before looting the store.
[1] While 550 police officers were injured in the mayhem, 4,500 looters were arrested.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yo...ackout_of_1977