"In colonial situations a thin line exists between banditry and rebellion.. [it is] clear that in most colonial situations dissidents are commonly labeled bandits, indeed, George Washington was once called a bandit by the British"

Rudy Acuña - Occupied America (on the "bandito")

"Not all rebels were bandits... [Gregorio Cortez] became a border hero in the early 1900's when he killed a lawman who shot his brother... Texas-Mexican masses made Cortez a folk hero. Countless corridos immortalized his war with the Gringos. Clearly Cortez was not a bandit."

"... Mexicans were often left with the choice of accepting racism and a subjugated status, or rebelling. The act of rebellion forced many of them to the highway, where the Mexican community supported them if they did not steal from their own people..."

"Indeed, the people often vicariously identified with the rebels, considering many social bandits 'Robin Hoods' of a sort"

Some interesting Chicanx history that parallels some of the looting we see in MN !