I doubt there’s anyone here reading this who doesn’t know what’s been going on in the United States over the course of the past week. The murder of an unarmed black man by four police officers in Minnesota sparked days of protest, most of it peaceful, some of it violent, even criminal, and those boundaries have been violated both by protesters and those assigned to protect and contain those protests.
Amid the protests, riots and looting have received a lot of attention in the headlines. These activities have been visited upon cities all across the country, and a variety of groups, both unaffiliated and carefully orchestrated, on both the left and right sides of the political spectrum, have engaged in this behavior.