If this is true, then people smashing property is actually the effective way forward. Pressure on property owners should cause them to push elected officials to rein in police forces. I'm not convinced it's true, but it does make me think about the property damage being done in a different light.
Sadly, I believe this is the case. Someone else said it more succinctly than I can:
> a government that can’t mobilize to house and feed us during a pandemic but can mobilize to beat us whenever we rise up tells you exactly where their priorities are [0]
They're right. Look at our reaction to a deadly virus that could easily kill a million people in this country versus what happens when a few windows get smashed, buildings set on fire, and some TVs get stolen from stores.
