What does looting & destruction have to do with social justice?

[joshcryer]

20. Yes, destroying property, not something I've ever done.

But I have kicked over the occasional garbage can or two.

I grew up poor and two of my brothers would get so angry they'd actually destroy stuff, like, literally TVs and stuff, it was so aggravating to me to the point of I myself getting angry because they would hurt the whole family by "acting out."

Arson is at the higher level of destruction and I think that those who did it justified it by thinking that they were protecting themselves and others from further incrimination. A store gets looted, everyone leaves, someone is going to panic and then go back and make sure the evidence is destroyed.

I think human emotions lead to irrational behavior in a lot of instances. The protestors in Greece burned a bank down and people inside died. No one ever caught the culprits. It is utterly tragic and definitely inexcusable.

Arson should be prosecuted under the highest degree possible. I personally saw what I believe were the CVS arsonists leaving that store (there was a helicopter shot with rioters running fast away and it started smoking a few minutes later). One can only hope the police on the ground got the peoples' faces on video or tracked them down.