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by michaelmrose 1986 days ago
Where did you get the 10,600 number and the percentage that were peaceful?

Where is the proof that damaging riots were deliberately organized. I mostly saw white people looting under the cover of black people marching.

Where is the proof that it was primarily minority owned businesses that were damaged? Why would it take decades for these businesses to file a claim with their insurance and replace their merchandise and windows?

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> Where did you get the 10,600 number and the percentage that were peaceful

https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-vi... cmd + f 'NATIONWIDE DEMONSTRATIONS'

> Where is the proof that damaging riots were deliberately organized.

You don't sustain riots for months without organizing.

> Why would it take decades for these businesses to file a claim with their insurance and replace their merchandise and windows?

Not their insurance but the economic damage. That's what happened after the 1960s riots. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40056402?seq=1

> Where is the proof that it was primarily minority owned businesses that were damaged?

Because the riots were mostly in low-income neighborhoods.

https://www.startribune.com/riots-arson-leave-minnesota-comm...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/minneapolis-protests-b...

https://www.businessinsider.com/black-owned-businesses-put-u...