I don’t still live there. Honestly, it convinced me right or wrong that the only reason I’m able to live in the city was because the police are there to sort of enforce the laws and that there is a certain percentage of the population that will steal everything as soon as they think there is an opportunity. Compare that to the suburbs where you could leave valuables out in your yard and no one would take them convinced me that I would rather raise a family in a stable mostly crime free environment.
>shattered windows
Yeah, I could see most of the first floor windows being broken
>destroyed groceries and pharmacies
Wait virtually every, and a total loss? I’m skeptical.
>stole lots from businesses
Sure, I don’t doubt it, though how widespread this was across cities is worth asking.
>vandalized
Don’t doubt this at all.
>lit police cars on fire
Sure, yeah, but how much does that add up to? A few cars per city wouldn’t be much in the grand scheme.
Here’s some indicator of damages. 1500 damaged businesses in Minneapolis alone: https://www.newsweek.com/businesses-year-after-floyd-1596610
And typical estimates are a couple billion in insurance claims (I think nationally?)
Are you just arguing about if it’s “a lot” or not. Thats entirely subjective and not worth debating.