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people do, indeed, riot and destroy things to steal and loot. That's the point. Notice it's not the police station being burned down.

>>chasd0+(OP)
> Notice it's not the police station being burned down.

A police station was burned today.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/protests-looting-erupt-...

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protest-update...

>>chasd0+(OP)
Well, also the fact that a police station is filled with armed police might also be a reason.

>>49531+C
So the rioters are hurting their fellow innocents because it's easy and less risky than going after the guilty? You're probably right, but it's not a flattering view of the rioters.

>>chasd0+(OP)
They literally burned down a police precinct though, so I'm afraid you're incorrect.

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/29/protesters-take-mi...

>>nickff+21
> hurting their fellow innocents

Are you talking about property damage, or actual violence like police killing unarmed black folks?

>>nickff+21
Well there was a platoon of police armed to the teeth at the murderer's house, so burning the station was a good enough plan B.

>>testbo+67
I am talking about the potential for injury (as always exists with fires, looting, and the like, here exemplified by the wheelchair-bound woman sprayed with a fire extinguisher), as well as the property damage, which often causes stress and emotional injury.

It's also easy to forget that the people most harmed by looting are usually members of the (original) victims' own communities.

>>chasd0+(OP)
They burned down the precinct.

>>nickff+a9
Maybe if she didn't want to be sprayed with a fire extinguisher she shouldn't have stabbed shoplifters with a knife.