[Mariza160]

I am pretty disgusted that people here are making jokes about
businesses being looted and construction sites going up in flames.
NONE of this is a laughing matter. It's a tragedy as if we don't have
enough already this year.

I agree with you Pink String:
It is a very sad thing. Rioting and destroying property never solves anything. Ever.

And all those police cars that got torched and public property that got damaged...who
do you think is on the hook for it? You and me. That's right, the local taxpayers. To replace
what was damaged...either it's not replaced or funds are reallocated or taxes get raised.

[tijlover]

Tucson has escaped the protest Fri. night with just $200,000 in damage, mostly broken windows DT. Perhaps more and more businesses will think 2X about putting windows into their businesses, just in case.

[Katie the heartbreaker]

I have reported on these protests/riots, but I do not support them in destroying our cities whatsoever. As more and more information is coming out, this whole thing stinks! There are real local protesters that are non-violent, and then there are people who are bussed in who are looting and destroying property. The short video below exposes it.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmwYBGZMLR4


Wow, now we have the National Guard deployed in Reno for the riots there.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGoK3A-ZsCs

[elkotronics]

I am pretty disgusted that people here are making jokes about
businesses being looted and construction sites going up in flames.
NONE of this is a laughing matter. It's a tragedy as if we don't have
enough already this year.

I agree with you Pink String:
It is a very sad thing. Rioting and destroying property never solves anything. Ever.

And all those police cars that got torched and public property that got damaged...who
do you think is on the hook for it? You and me. That's right, the local taxpayers. To replace
what was damaged...either it's not replaced or funds are reallocated or taxes get raised.

^^^^^^ What is said above is really hard to disagree with. It's sound as a pound, baby. I have never, ever seen looting and rioting and anarchy against a downtown area a good thing. It absolutely sucks that people are doing this. Sucks.

Nothing good can come out of it and it will make things much more difficult to recover from COVID-19 finanically, too. Who's gonna get billed to make up the necessary tax income to pay for this damage? You're right - you and I and your mother will get billed for it. Absolute stupidity on a stick.

[Mike from back east]

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[EA]

I'm not the biggest fan of destroying businesses/looting. I understand it.
People need to become angry. They just need to be angry at the right things.

I wish they would target government buildings and police stations/cars/officers and leave the rest alone. Some of these businesses sort of deserve it.

Here's my reasoning. Governments gave a lot of these big companies millions and or billions of dollars to come to their cities where they will also make millions and millions off the people living there.
The people are the ones paying for it entirely.
Where's our incentive? Hell, I couldn't even open a small coffee shop because the government makes it so damn difficult and expensive to do. But Target and other companies, who are guaranteed to make huge money, get incentives and breaks?
F that. Burn it down in protest.

The mom and pop businesses, however, should be left alone. I don't like seeing that. I don't like seeing innocent people getting beaten/killed. That's not right.

But people are fed up. The government forced us into lock down for months. People forced out of work still waiting on unemployment. Cops out here extorting people, beating people, killing people and over nothing.
People are tired of it. It's been a long time coming.
If I didn't have a cracked rib I'd be out there with em.
People have been rioting all over the planet lately. Too much dictatorship too little freedom.

[airics]

Rioting against the ones that protected them when the route 91 festival happened....my how everyone forgets.

[EA]

Protected?
59 dead and almost 900 injured beg to differ.
Police don't protect. The harass, annoy, extort, imprison, shoot, kill, beat, and steal.

[airics]

Originally Posted by EA

Protected?
59 dead and almost 900 injured beg to differ.
Police don't protect. The harass, annoy, extort, imprison, shoot, kill, beat, and steal.

it could have been a heck of lot worse...

if your shop gets looted, are you going to call them?

[tijlover]

I was expecting huge nationwide rioting in November 2016 when the Electoral College went up against the popular vote and threw the election to Trump! Where were the rioters then?

There's more to this rioting than meets the eye! In La Mesa, outside San Diego, there were Blacks, Whites and Asians partaking in the destruction.

Lockdown, definitely, contributed to the destruction.