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In the wake of the riots the only thing that saved one business/home from destruction was the sign "minority owned".
This is what happens when people take what should have been a unifying cause against police brutality, which effects us all of any race, and turns it into a race war where the police officer embodies the whole of the whites and all whites are inherently guilty.
No one is right in any of this, not the rioters, not the people who dismiss the riots, not the people drawing the lines on racial terms and certainly not the police officers.
@freemo The word on the ground is that a lot of the arsonists are from out of town. Yesterday, the protesters at the 5th precinct were scattered by the cops. Later that night, folks no one recognized started burning things, including some much-loved , small, local businesses. People around here believe that legitimate protests have been hijacked by people with different agendas. In the daytime, for the past three days, locals have been cleaning up, boarding up windows, and donating food.
@freemo They've imposed a curfew, and the mayor of St. Paul has gone on camera saying that the arrests from last night were all from out of state.
@freemo I know that property is nothing compared to a life, but the arsonists burnt a bookshop that was very loved. No local did that.
@Lwasserman two people so far have been killed in the riots.. so the whole "property doesnt compare to a life" argument is nullified off the bat.
@freemo I was somewhat selfishly mourning the loss of a bookstore. I do not mean to make light of the loss of lives.