. . . "Will regulations continue? Will unrest increase? Will we be subjected to more politically correct ways of dealing with problems which were non-issues when common sense was still valued?
"Sadly, that all seems likely given that both media and our government seem prone to covering up these issues. As Alan J. Levine writes in the October issue of Chronicles Magazine, “there has been an incredibly weak reaction to mass violence by most of our political leaders, including by President Donald Trump.” Levine continues by saying, “It took three days for the TV networks to admit that riots, not just peaceful demonstrations, were taking place.”
"But the national government and media weren’t the only entities to drag their feet in response to the sudden outburst of violence. A new report from the epicenter of the 2020 riots – Minneapolis and St. Paul – details what local leadership was doing in the days following the death of George Floyd.
"Except for a few blurbs from local media, the report, released by the Joint Transportation and Judiciary and Public Safety Committee of the Minnesota Senate, has largely been ignored by the press. Yet since Minneapolis was the match that lit the national firestorm of unrest, it seems only fair to look at the disturbing evidence the report contains. Here are a few of the findings for Minnesota:
- More than 1,500 businesses were burned
- Property damage costs totaled around $500 million
- Law enforcement not only reported injuries, but a damaged moral
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