{UAH} THE RAGE OVER FLOYD'S DEATH HAS TAKEN A TURN THAT HELPS NO ONE

Righteous rage over George Floyd’s death has taken a turn that helps no one

By Post Editorial Board

May 29, 2020 | 8:17pm

Protesters march through the streets of downtown Minneapolis.Getty Images

 

Now-ex-cop Derek Chauvin has been charged in the killing of George Floyd, as he should be. But rage over the incident has led to even more equally senseless behavior — none of which honors the man whose life was brutally cut short at 46.

Heartbreaking video shows the white policeman with his knee on the black man’s neck for around eight minutes, refusing to budge as Floyd entreats, “Please, please, please, I can’t breathe.”

Chauvin was fired (as were three other officers involved in the fatal arrest) and now will face, per Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, “swift” justice. He was charged Friday with third-degree murder and manslaughter.

Good: Police use of such unnecessary force is a betrayal of every good cop and of the public itself. Outrage over it is entirely righteous.

But that outrage shouldn’t be directed at innocents and culminate in yet more senseless violence. Another man died in Minneapolis when protests turned violent. Angry mobs set fire to a police precinct and several private businesses. An AutoZone, Target and other stores were looted, as video showed people attacking a woman in a wheelchair trying to stop them with a paring knife.

The rioters also burned something that would’ve helped the community: the site of an affordable-housing project that was to provide 189 low-income apartments, including dozens of super-low-income ones.

The state has sent in more than 500 National Guardsmen; let’s hope they can restore order.

Despite social-distancing rules, demonstrations have gone national, with violence all too common. The NYPD arrested 72 people Thursday, including five for felony assaults on officers, after a protest turned ugly.

One meaningless death is more than enough. George Floyd’s memory isn’t honored by creating more victims in his name.

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