It’s one thing to protest the unjust death of an innocent man peacefully. It’s another to use this protest as an excuse to burn, loot, and destroy, which is exactly what the Minneapolis rioters have done.

For the third night in a row, violent unrest and chaos reigned in Minneapolis on Thursday as protesters demanding justice for George Floyd clashed with law enforcement. The rioters set fire to the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct headquarters and torched about 90% of the small businesses along the Lake Street corridor, many of which are owned by minorities, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. Videos of the protests showed rioters running away with stolen goods from Target and other department stores they had raided. One man was spotted smashing a boulder into an ATM, and another resident witnessed a random shooting in the middle of the riot yesterday.