Forum, June 1: Those ‘largely peaceful protests’ were deadly
Published: 5/31/2021 10:00:15 PM
Modified: 5/31/2021 10:00:13 PM
Those ‘largely peaceful protests’ were deadly
The
Los Angeles Times story about reforms after the George Floyd killing tries to soft-pedal the violence and lawlessness of the Minneapolis rioters (“Police reform goals remain unfulfilled,” May 25). The story blandly refers to “largely peaceful protests” in one single line. Largely peaceful? Those so-called “protests” killed two, cost some $500 million in property damage and burned out an entire police precinct building. More than 1,000 businesses were destroyed. Some Minneapolis neighborhoods became no-go zones for overwhelmed police.
The essence of the story was about police reforms, so no need to belabor the mob violence. But to wave it off as “largely peaceful” is disingenuous at best. I’d call it journalistic malpractice. The story came from the
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