Latest Chicago and Minneapolis riots broke out over police killings that never happened
by Brad Polumbo
| August 29, 2020 08:00 AM
How do you restore order when people start riots over injustices that never happened?
Tragically, as riots sparked by disinformation unfold in Minneapolis and Chicago, this is the question we now face as a country. Things are spiraling out of control.
The riots that broke out in late May and June after the death of George Floyd in police custody were destructive beyond description. At least 15 people were killed during the wanton arson and looting. Meanwhile, thousands of businesses, many owned by people of color, were destroyed, looted, and vandalized. The economic fallout of this violence will haunt riot-torn urban communities for decades.
But, at the very least, the Floyd riots erupted over a genuine injustice. A police officer kneeled on Floyd’s neck and behaved with gross recklessness to tragic results. While this injustice in no way justifies the rioting — in fact, it’s empirically shown that violent rioting sets back the criminal justice reform cause — it at least gives us something to address.
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