The Truth You’ve Probably Never Heard About Riots
Why the riots in response to the murder of George Floyd could be a productive part of the movement for Black Lives.
There’s a white American proverb about violent protests that goes something like this: “What good will it do?”
As surely as the sun will rise, viral footage of any violent protest concerning race will inevitably lead to some virtue signaling about nonviolence. This is happening on social media this week while windows shatter and fires rage around Minneapolis in protest of the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died after a local police officer pinned him to the ground by kneeling on his neck for several minutes.
“But seriously what is destroying the community going to solve,” one commenter wrote in response to an Instagram video of an Auto Zone set ablaze.
Another commenter chimed in saying: “disappointing [sic]!! THIS IS DOING NOTHING...”
The forms vary on this notion but the content doesn’t: Many Americans seem to believe that riots are good for nothing.
