I live like a hundred yards from a basketball court. About a little over a decade ago I got to see first hand what anarchy in it's infancy would look like. No thanks. I guess if I had been an opportunist I could have sold front seat views to the action but....
I'd be more likely to believe your description if you had termed it chaos, few people have studied enough to know the difference.
Anarchy is the mother of order.
What did you witness?