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With innocent people being harmed, and at least one killed, I think they should. Letting this get out of control is not the best option, as tensions are already
by spacephysics 6y ago
With innocent people being harmed, and at least one killed, I think they should. Letting this get out of control is not the best option, as tensions are already high from covid, and this could be a feedback loop to more unneeded violence, with unintended victims caught in the cross hairs.
With a gas line possibly being cut, and ~170 business burned down, this is spiraling out of control [0]
I mention the gas line (though I don’t know if this a fair comparison) for the potential of chained explosions like the one in Merrimack Valley [1]
Regardless, I think many are using the protests as an excuse to loot, and let off steam from the tensions of lockdown, in addition to its obvious main reason.
[0] https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/29/protesters-take-minneapolis-police-3rd-precinct-building-during-3rd-night-of-george-floyd-protests/ https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/29/protesters-take-mi...
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrimack_Valley_gas_explosions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrimack_Valley_gas_explosi...
- jlgaddis 6y ago> ... and ~170 business burned down, this is spiraling out of control To be clear, that is NOT what the article you linked states. It reads: > The St. Paul Police Department said more than 170 businesses were looted or damaged Thursday, and dozens of fires were set.