More rioting and looting broke out in American cities this week. This time, it was Philadelphia consumed by violence after a police shooting.
According to ABC News, at least 30 police officers have been injured in the violent unrest, while dozens of people have been arrested for rioting or vandalism. Mobs have descended on Walmart and rushed out carrying TVs, while other agitators ransacked Footlocker for new sneakers. The full number of businesses ravaged by the destruction is increasing and still being tallied.
Update: The School District of Philadelphia shut down most of its buildings Tuesday, a day after looting and a fatal police shooting. District headquarters, and buildings that serve as satellite elections offices, will remain open. https://t.co/5JV7EhOomh pic.twitter.com/hQcgj4Mgjb
— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) October 27, 2020
CANCEL CULTURE: How to... Buy New $12.99 (as of 04:40 UTC - Details) This latest outbreak simply adds to the thousands of businesses, from Chicago to Minneapolis and beyond, that have been rioted, ransacked, burned down, or looted in the ongoing period of political unrest over police brutality, both real and imagined. All told, the damage from rioting in recent months will exceed any past period of civil unrest in American history, with even modest under-estimates putting the total cost at up to $2 billion.
The outbreak of mass rioting and looting across America is alarming in its own right, but equally chilling is the public’s support for the violence. As first reported by the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard, a new poll finds that college students in particular overwhelmingly believe that rioting and looting is justified.
Future ‘leaders’
College undergrads: America is racist, looting ‘justified,’ reparations required.
Pollster @JMcLaughlinSTK ‘Nearly two-thirds, say the rioting and looting is justified. What are these kids learning? That’s scary.https://t.co/xOPag2GWcc
— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) October 27, 2020
The poll was conducted by Mclaughlin & Associate in conjunction with Yale University’s conservative William F. Buckley Program. It surveyed a nationally representative sample of 800 college students on a wide array of issues, from the coronavirus to race in America.