Winning Ugly.

By Mara H. Gottfried  | Pioneer Press  |June 9, 2020

On the streets of St. Paul and Minneapolis, there is block after block of charred buildings and windows that were boarded up for protection during rioting.

From an aerial view, the extent of the damage is even more apparent.

Minneapolis was harder hit than St. Paul with looting and arson after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. More than 1,050 properties were damaged — ranging from minor to destroyed, according to the city.

More than 240 properties sustained damage in St. Paul, according to information from the city Tuesday.

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ADDED:  The problem that editorialists like Mara Gay do not understand is that Minneapolis was taking actions against the officer immediately, before the riots in late May.  You didn't need to burn down parts of the city to make the point. Taking these actions out of the courtrooms and councils and legislatures and making street riots your prime access to power is simply wrong.  Most educated people understand that, and why.  Because it will always be the city's most vulnerable at risk when people decide to take the law into their own hands and let their anger rage out of control...

History teaches us that, too.