TrentonMakes t1_j66gnfd wrote on January 28, 2023 at 1:21 AM

Reply to comment by _token_black in Chance of riots tonight? by [deleted]

I’m all for protests and it’s good that it’s an organized effort but nothing justifies a riot. I own a couple grocery stores and they were looted during the last riots, like I had anything to do with Minneapolis and Walter Wallace. If this was a hot summer month I’m sure it would get out of control.

Electrical_List_2125 t1_j66nh4w wrote on January 28, 2023 at 2:13 AM

I wonder. I would never want to live through the scariness of 2020 again. I would never want to fear my house or business could be destroyed. But when I saw Derek Chauvin convicted, even now when I saw Tyre’s killers convicted, I wondered if they did what they were supposed to out of fear of nationwide riots coming back. It feels like that’s the language the powerful understand. So then it’s like, how mad can you get at people for forcing the issue that way

TamaraTime t1_j66y6qg wrote on January 28, 2023 at 3:41 AM

Memphis 5 haven’t been convicted, and there’s still a chance for Chauvin on appeal. There’s also been no real substantial progress reaped from the 2020 pushback. Irl there’s been even more cash thrown at policing in a misguided effort to better “training”. This is the shit they’re trained to do: you as blue are first and foremost, everything else is secondary.

And though I feel a bit for your personal experience 2020 summer wasn’t scary to most. It was a handful of OOP situations e.g. 6/2 in CC, Aramingo, 52nd, and a bit of West in October. They did what they were supposed to down Memphis because it’s what they’re supposed to do. Their hand was forced bc of the severity of the crimes, not bc the threat of isolated property damage

_token_black t1_j66h75q wrote on January 28, 2023 at 1:25 AM

True, and while I understand why riots happen (Detroit riots, LA in the 90s), the narrative of "insurance will cover it" or "oh big corporation, they'll be fine" is the worst justification and flies in the face of what MLK said about riots.

It's hard to find, but there are still areas of Minneapolis that either haven't rebuilt or are just shells of their former selves now 2 1/2 years later. I remember reading about most independent owners struggling to get permits just to raze the plot of land and having to go through bureaucracy either with the city or insurance companies to just start over.