One day in Providence last week, 65 arrests were made and nine police officers were injured amid riots connected to George Floyd's death at the hands of police in Minnesota last month.
The protests featured looting and destruction of property. The husband of Massachusetts state Representative Michelle Dubois (D-Brockton), Adam Swinson, wrote in a Facebook post saying he has no problem with the looting, according to the Facebook page Massachusetts Conservative Movement.
The Minneapolis City Council's plan to dismantle the city's police department following the death of George Floyd in police custody has some people concerned about how order will be maintained afterward.
It's a reasonable concern. All too often in public policy, overreaction to a scandal creates its own problems. The flip side of that, though, is tolerating abuse, mismanagement, or incompetence. That's too common in government.
