The death of George Floyd in Minneapolist is horrifying. There’s no other way to put it. But there is no “justice” for the Floyd family in burning down buildings and looting Target.

Last night, Minneapolis exploded with the alleged help of Antifa and Black Lives Matter. The initial goal was apparently a protest at one particular police station. What ended up happening was a full-out riot that included looting a nearby Target. Because of course, nothing demands justice for a horrifying, needless death in police custody like trashing Target and getting a new flat-screen TV!

And here’s a reminder that even though everything about last night was terrible, it could have been so much worse.

Antifa, BLM and extremists who made plans to kill ex-cop Derek Chauvin at his home were angry to find the property protected by a full squad of police. There were dozens of police around the home. #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) May 28, 2020

I thought we all agreed with the senseless killing of Ahmaud Arbery that vigilante justice was a BAD thing. Apparently, Antifa and BLM missed that memo.

Of course there is no connection between Target and the death of George Floyd. But by the look of Twitter and talking-head “journalists,” you would think that committing arson and looting businesses that had zero connection to the victim were all totally acceptable reactions, because when “white people” protested the lockdown in Michigan, it was okay!

.@JoyAnnReid: "White men, who can get armed up and walk into a state capitol…that's okay. And the police are benign– they don't even act afraid. But let black people show up and protest the death of an innocent black man and suddenly…we got to go full force." pic.twitter.com/JCeXOFFtDY

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 28, 2020

Um, these so-called betters in our media do know that Michigan and Minnesota are two different states, right? And that Minneapolis is not Lansing? And if the protestors who showed up in Lansing to make their disagreement known to Governor Gretchen Whitmer by looting a Target, I would fully expect that there would have been a swift condemnation by all sides of the political aisle. Instead, we are getting a range of excuses for smashing up a police station, robbing multiple businesses, lighting buildings on fire, attacking firefighters who showed up to combat the fires, and beating up a woman in a wheelchair.

All in the name of “justice” for George Floyd, who surely deserves actual justice and for those responsible for his death to stand trial, but not widespread vandalism, rioting, theft, and arson in his memory.

And the rioters aren’t done. After all, Minneapolis sister city St. Paul must be made to answer for George Floyd’s death. Or something.

Looting happening now in St. Paul, Minn.

Video by @gabegutierrez. #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd pic.twitter.com/54co9Wd0PD

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) May 28, 2020

Another Target store is being surrounded in St. Paul, and the Minnesota National Guard is now being deployed to contain the rioting that has spread out from Minneapolis. If the media were consistent, we would be hearing the chiding of talking heads and the doomsday predictions of thousands of coronavirus deaths due to the lack of social distancing by the rioters. However, the media is not consistent. But at least the rioters are wearing their masks proudly.

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