Riot

For the mission in GTA Vice City, see Riot (GTA Vice City).

Type	MISSION
Riot
The Truth, Maccer, Carl, Madd Dogg, Kendl, Cesar and Sweet Johnson watching television, awaiting the verdict on the trial of Frank Tenpenny
Game	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
For	Carl Johnson
Location	Madd Dogg's Crib, Mulholland
Target	Drive to Grove Street amidst the Los Santos riot
Mission Objectives
Drive back to Grove Street.
Conditions of mission failure
Wasted Busted Sweet dies Greenwood destroyed
Reward(s)
None
Unlocked by	Grove 4 Life Cut Throat Business
Unlocks	Los Desperados
Technical Information
Time of day	In-game time

Sweet: "Ain't nobody gonna be riotin' in my hood!"

Cesar: "I don't know about that, holmes. Look. The whole city is going up. People are fucking pissed off about this."

―Sweet Johnson and Cesar Vialpando discussing the repercussions of Frank Tenpenny's acquital

Riot is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that protagonist Carl Johnson performs independently at Madd Dogg's Crib in Mulholland, Los Santos, San Andreas.

Mission

Frank Tenpenny, along with Eddie Pulaski, has finally been charged with racketeering, corruption, narcotics and sexual assault. The whole gang, composed of Carl, Cesar, The Truth, Kendl, Maccer, Sweet and Madd Dogg, are gathered in Dogg's living room, watching the news coverage of the trial. Whilst the reported is being aired, Sweet claims that Tenpenny will get 20 years, but Cesar disagrees, claiming that police officers usually get off lightly in the justice system. In the background, the report mentions retracted witness statements and the disappearance of officer Jimmy Hernandez and Pulaski, who is believed to be on the run. A few moments later, the reporters exit the courtroom and Tenpenny's lawyer reads out a statement revealing that the district attorney has cleared Tenpenny of all charges due to a lack of evidence, essentially allowing Tenpenny to walk away a free man and to continue his unlawful actions with the support of the LSPD behind him.

Tenpenny's acquittal causes public outrage and the city erupts into rioting. Sweet is determined that there will be no rioting in Grove Street and asks Carl to take him back. Carl and Sweet drive through Los Santos, avoiding the rioting that has erupted around them. Once back in Grove Street, Sweet plans to "lock down the hood", while Carl says he is going to explore the city and see what is going on.

Mission Objectives

In order to complete the mission the player must:

• Drive back to Grove Street

Reward

There is no reward for this mission, though the mission Los Desperados is unlocked.

Transcript

Transcript

Madd Dogg's Crib. Carl, Kendl, Sweet, Cesar, Madd Dogg, Maccer and The Truth are watching the news on television. edit Carl: Hey, be quiet, be quiet. edit Maccer: C'mon you bunch of wankers, this is unbearable! edit Carl: Man, shut up! edit Reporter: Officers Eddie Pulaski and Frank Tenpenny, both hard-working members of a community policing unit, have been charged with racketeering, corruption, narcotics and sexual assault. edit Kendl: They brought it on themselves. edit The Truth: That bastard cost me my farm. And he hogged the bong. edit Reporter: ...conspired to kill fellow officer Ralph Pendelbury, who had threatened to turn state's evidence, and who was then found shot dead in a supposedly unrelated gang incident... edit Sweet: I'd say 20 years. edit Cesar: Try five years. Cops always get off easy. edit Kendl: Yeah, I heard that. edit Reporter: ..retracted witness statements, and now the disappearance of fellow officer Jimmy Hernandez, and Officer Pulaski himself, believed to be on the run...Oh wait, they're exiting the courtroom now! edit Kendl: That bastard Pulaski will probably turn up dead, just like the rest of them. edit Carl: Listen, listen. edit Lawyer: ...of the lack of evidence against my client, the district attorney's office has seen fit to drop all charges... edit Sweet: What?! edit Kendl: That's bullshit. edit The Truth: You see? You can't trust the system, man! edit Reporter: ...surprise decision is wholly unprecedented... edit Sweet: Oh man, there just ain't no justice! It's just us! edit Maccer: I know, I've been arrested numerous times for totally natural behavior! edit Reporter: ...Los Santos will burn tonight! edit Sweet: Ain't nobody gonna be rioting in my hood! edit Cesar moves to the window and the group follow him. edit Cesar: I don't know about that holmes. Look. The whole city is going up. People are fucking pissed off about this. edit Carl: People don't know what they want. We're all being used. edit The Truth: You see, man? It's always the same, friend. Power systems corrupt everyone. edit Sweet: Look, I say we go secure the hood, we ain't getting shit together so some idiot can burn it down. edit Carl and Sweet leave the mansion and head towards Sweet's car. edit Carl: Shit's real fucked up, man. edit Sweet: Yeah, but we gonna handle this ourselves. edit Carl and Sweet get in the car and drive to Grove Street. edit Sweet: There ain't no justice, man. How does scum like Tenpenny stay on the streets? edit Carl: Man, I dunno, just the way shit stacked I guess. edit Sweet: Man this is fucked up. We should take that bastard down ourselves. edit Carl: And we will Sweet. edit Sweet: So who's the weird Brit? edit Carl: What? Oh, Maccer! He got a little problem he can't control. edit Sweet: What kind of problem? edit Carl: He can't stop, you know, giving himself a little bit. edit Sweet: What, you mean he likes to consult Professor Hans Jerkov? edit Carl: Yeah, regularly. edit Sweet: Spank the monkey? edit Carl: Yeah! edit Sweet: Take Palm-ela out? edit Carl: Quit it! edit Sweet: Burp the worm? edit Carl: Enough, man! edit Carl and Sweet drive through Downtown Los Santos. edit Carl: Shit, look at this place, even old ladies robbing shit! edit Sweet: I guess it's better than staying home and watching the shopping channel. edit Carl: Yeah, go out there and get yourself a bargain! edit Carl and Sweet drive through Glen Park. edit Carl: Shit man, people real mad! Tenpenny's responsible for ALL of this. As if the ghetto ain't wrecked enough. Come tomorrow, most of the Central's gonna have new TVs. edit Sweet: Look at them, like angry kids or some shit! They just tearing up their own neighborhoods! Nothing good is gonna come of this. edit Carl and Sweet drive through Idlewood. edit Sweet: Everything's burning. Put your foot down! Man, the ghetto's tearing itself apart! edit Carl and Sweet arrive at Sweet's House in Grove Street. edit Sweet: I'm gonna gather up some homies, and get the hood locked down. edit Carl: You need anything, give me a call. I'm gonna check out the city and see what I can see. edit Sweet: You be careful out there, CJ. edit Sweet gets out of the car and heads inside his house. edit

Trivia

• The riots are based on the Los Angeles riots that occurred in 1992 (the same year San Andreas is set), similarly provoked after the trial of the police officers who used excessive force against Rodney King.
• This is the last chance to get The Truth's Mothership Camper. It is parked at Madd Dogg's Crib next to Cesar's Savanna and Sweet's Greenwood. To obtain it, just steal it then save it in a garage and complete the mission. The other way is on the mission Are You Going to San Fierro? and Black Project.
• Despite using Sweet's Greenwood to travel back to Grove Street from Madd Dogg's Crib, another Greenwood will spawn parked outside his house when Carl and Sweet arrive in Grove Street.
• If the player fails the mission, the rioting will still continue, because they are programmed to begin once the opening cutscene ends.
• CJ's mouth and eyes don't move when he says "People don't know what they want. We're all being used".
• If the render distance is low enough, cars may spawn very quickly in front of CJ and Sweet. Sometimes, the cars may explode randomly (due to the riots) and in the worst case, kill Sweet and CJ ending the mission in a failure.
• In the Strategy Guide of the game, Jethro is seen in a photo of the mission, suggesting that he appeared in the original version of the mission.
• In the Definitive Edition of the game, fire no longer randomly spawns on buildings in Los Santos.