[roenxi]

> In Saint Paul, a Dollar Tree store and another Target store were looted, and a Wendy's restaurant was set ablaze. [0]

That is also a factor, but I'm going to interpret this as tell-tale signs of a breakdown under economic stress.

I can't see a train of thought that starts with a century of injustice and ends with "therefore I should loot Target". I can very easily see a link from "I can't afford stuff because my job just vanished" to the burning and looting.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Cities_protests#Day_3:_Ma...

[brodie]

The people demonstrating aren’t the same as the people looting. Do you truly believe they are?

[roenxi]

I don't even believe the 'people looting' are one mass. And I doubt the protestors are working off a single hive mind.

But in particular I don't believe that the protestors are worried about police vs forestry fatality statistics.

[brodie]

I don’t understand what statistics have to do with this.

It might be possible that the quarantine and economic hardships are a factor at play, but the ultimate causative factor is that non-white Americans are tired of both the veiled and bald faced racism and mistreatment that is a daily issue.

The protests aren’t just about cops killing black men; they’re about every single aspect of daily life being made more difficult because of constant racism and abuse.