Tag: looting

Chinese Businesses Targeted in South Africa Riots, Expert Says Beijing Might Be to Blame

As civil unrest continues in South Africa, Chinese businesses have been targeted. One China observer believes that the anti-China sentiment could be fueled by the Chinese regime’s expanding global influence and human rights abuses. Violence broke out in the country after former President Jacob Zuma was given a 15-month jail term last week for contempt…


Here’s Why Most Arrested Rioters Will Not Be Prosecuted

Commentary Perhaps you’ve heard about charges being dropped against most of last summer’s George Floyd protestors. Prosecutors from Oregon to New York have chosen not to pursue a host of different charges against those arrested after peaceful protests turned into destructive riots. Outrageous, you might think. If someone commits the crime of looting, arson, property…


Unrest Erupts in Minneapolis Amid Protests Over Police-Involved Shooting

Minneapolis saw an outbreak of unrest on Friday night, after a vigil and protests over the shooting death of a man by members of a U.S. Marshals task force devolved into chaotic scenes of looting, arson, and vandalism. The second night of protests followed Thursday’s fatal shooting of 32-year-old Winston Boogie Smith Jr., who was…


The Chauvin Verdict

Commentary The guilty verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on all counts was correct, based on the evidence, but the theatrics leading up to that trial and after the jurors had made their decision was outrageous. Demonstrations, riots, and looting around the country since the death of George Floyd had to have influenced…


Clint Eastwood, We Need You

Commentary Our streets are now so unsafe that it might be helpful to re-watch Clint Eastwood’s “Dirty Harry” films. They can remind us of an earlier period in the 1960s and 1970s when crime was widespread, liberal judges were putting criminals back on the streets, and the entire system was anti-cop and pro-criminal. In the…


‘You Can’t Stop the Revolution!’ But One State Is Making Plans

Commentary The season for potentially violent street protests is upon us, sparked by the latest police shooting of a black man in a suburb of Minneapolis. Officers in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, pulled over a car because it had an expired registration tag. They discovered the driver, Daunte Wright, 20, also had an outstanding warrant, reportedly…