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It's Official: The George Floyd Riots Were the Most Destructive in U.S. History
pjmedia.com ^ | 9/16/2020 (1557 EDT) | Tyler O'Neil

Posted on 09/16/2020 3:30:26 PM PDT by rktman

Protests in 140 cities across America in the wake of the death of George Floyd devolved into violent looting and riots that have destroyed black lives, black livelihoods, and black monuments. At least 26 Americans have died in the riots, most of them black. The first two weeks of these deadly riots were officially the most destructive riots in U.S. history when it comes to insurance claims.

The looting, vandalism, and arson that took place between May 26 and June 8, 2020, will result in at least $1 billion to $2 billion in paid insurance claims, Axios reported on Wednesday. This total eclipses the $775 million (in 1992 dollars) — $1.4 billion (in 2020 dollars) — paid out after the Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of the police officers who brutalized Rodney King. Other riots in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s did not reach $500 million in 2020 dollars.

More than 700 buildings were damaged or destroyed in Minneapolis alone.

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KEYWORDS: civilunrest; deathbysorosmoney; floyd; riotcosts; rioters; riots; woohoo
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Well looky there. And they ain't done yet. Surely all lebron no lebrains and his pals will pony up big bux to help those who lost their busine......... Oh, the got insurance so ain't nobody got hurt. Oh, okee dokee then. Just wait until election week. BOOM!
1 posted on 09/16/2020 3:30:26 PM PDT by rktman
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What 80 dollars of fentanyl can do.


2 posted on 09/16/2020 3:32:41 PM PDT by Dagnabitt
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Pretty impressive for a guy who committed suicide by ingestion of a fatal drug overdose.


3 posted on 09/16/2020 3:33:18 PM PDT by centurion316
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Send the Bill to the Chinese Communist Party


4 posted on 09/16/2020 3:33:38 PM PDT by butlerweave
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And George Soros.


5 posted on 09/16/2020 3:38:11 PM PDT by rdl6989
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And all over a criminal who fought the cops and then willingly overdosed on fentanyl.

Floyd killed himself.


6 posted on 09/16/2020 3:40:37 PM PDT by oldenuff35
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The leftists and antifa or simply lying in wait on a moments notice to riot


7 posted on 09/16/2020 3:45:29 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump Pence II! Save America again)
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and over a drugged out FPOS useless eater...
8 posted on 09/16/2020 3:48:50 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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Drone George Soros.


9 posted on 09/16/2020 3:50:52 PM PDT by Eddie01 (NRA)
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Has anybody done a video with someone as heavy (or heavier) than Derek Chauvin kneeling with his left knee on the neck of someone the same size (or smaller) than George Floyd, for say, 10-15 minutes?

After laying on an unpadded carpeted floor for a few minutes, I (66 yrs old, 6’1”, 185#) had my wife (130#) kneel on my neck, putting maybe 1/3 of her weight there for only a minute, and felt only a slight increase in difficulty breathing than before she put her knee there. And that was mostly because of the added weight on my chest. It seemed like I could manage alright for maybe even a half hour, but not sure; I’m getting old after all. I asked her to put more pressure there, which she did momentarily, until I said, “you better stop, so this old man doesn’t have to go to the chiro”.


10 posted on 09/16/2020 3:59:08 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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Brought to you by the DemonRAT Party. They own it.


11 posted on 09/16/2020 3:59:40 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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That’s strange, CNN told me they were mostly peaceful protests, how does that do $2 billion in damages. I’m sure they’ll tell me a good excuse as to why any moment now, after they find a way to blame Trump.


12 posted on 09/16/2020 4:00:36 PM PDT by matt04
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Nothing compared to what’s coming.


13 posted on 09/16/2020 4:07:05 PM PDT by maddog55 (Only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it.)
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It’s time to give ole George Floyd a break.

They should be called the DNC Riots.


14 posted on 09/16/2020 4:08:30 PM PDT by TigersEye (In all things ... trigger discipline.)
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And it was only an excuse.

15 posted on 09/16/2020 4:09:58 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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well that’s intersting since most of the rioting had nothing to do with George Floyd.


16 posted on 09/16/2020 4:18:54 PM PDT by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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Soros funded.....


17 posted on 09/16/2020 4:21:18 PM PDT by cranked
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When Trump is reelected there will be a lot more violence in the streets and we are just going to have to go for the old fashioned answers that have always worked in the past.

Riot guns stop riots almost instantly. If they don’t, reapply twice more and recheck the situation.


18 posted on 09/16/2020 4:22:37 PM PDT by oldenuff35
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We should not name thesw riots after George Floyd. They were prepared in advance waiting for an excuse. Perhaps the jogger in Georgia situation could have escalated (there were already some demonstrations), or something else would have come along.

Call the situation something along the lines of the Democrat 2020 election insurrection.

19 posted on 09/16/2020 4:24:35 PM PDT by Salman (If they win by terrorism, they will rule by terrorism. Nobody ever got mellower by getting power.)
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“Nothing compared to what’s coming”

Trump will just bring in the Marines like happened in the LA south central riots.

It is called the insurrection act.


20 posted on 09/16/2020 4:25:16 PM PDT by oldenuff35
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