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Is that chronology right? Were there protests before he was arrested? Was there property damage in those protests?

Even if so, 90% of the protests and property damage were after the arrest, so... they're pointless?

>>Animal+(OP)
The protests started in earnest May 26 and Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged May 29. The Minneapolis PD third precinct building burned on the evening of the 28th.

The other three cops who helped to kill George Floyd have not been charged or arrested. Neither have the men who killed Breonna Taylor. That's hardly the limit of police violence that has gone unaccounted for. At this point it’s more of a protest against police brutality than just the one specific murder. So, no, not pointless.

>>Animal+(OP)
The riots are also a way to maintain pressure on the DA's office to not drop charges or fail to fully prosecute Chauvin.

>>evan_+N1
The riots were mostly contained to Minneapolis until the weekend. The riots in my state and across the Nation mostly happened after Chauvin was arrested.