You're logged in to Facebook. So while the number is not helpful in estimating the total damage, it is still a good apples-to-apples comparison with past riots, since all the calculations are based on insurance claims. If Trump wins re-election in November, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Police chief: Much of riot damage caused by those from outside Minneapolis. The project’s spreadsheet collating tens of thousands of data points documents 12,045 incidents of U.S. civil unrest from May 26, 2020 to Sept. 5, 2020. May 26 is the day after George Floyd’s death in police custody with enough fentanyl in his system to have died of an overdose if police had never touched him. For this reason, strictly law-and-order Republicans who have responded in dismay to scenes of rioting and looting have an interest in Biden winning—even if they could never bring themselves to vote for him. So even in the face of all this murder, property damage, assaults, looting, and burning, the clown show at Axios proudly marches onward. An "all-out effort" is being made to stop the violence and destruction. Preliminary estimates of the property damage caused by the riots, lootings, and arson in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota come to about $500 million across more than … Los Angeles: 10/5/2020 21:42 "In California alone, wildfires have already burned 2.2 million acres in 2020 — more than any year on record. Andy Swenson. You may opt out at anytime. Axios found the $1-2 billion number through Property Claims Services, an organization that tracks insurance claims related to civil disorder. At least 220 buildings have … But Collins and Margo found further evidence for the negative economic effects of riots in a second paper in 2004. The damage – so far – is estimated at $996,700. We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. George Floyd riots damage just civil rights cause Peaceful protests over George Floyd’s murder have been overshadowed by images of rage-fueled violence and destruction. September 16, 2020 12:55 pm Following last month’s police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, demonstrations and protests may have caused $50 million … Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. If you add up the insurance cost in 2020 dollars for all six major American riots during the turbulent 1960s, the total is a little shy of $1.2 billion — which means the terrorists in Antifa and Black Lives Matter caused more mayhem and property damage in a little over a week than this country saw throughout all of the 1960s. Every other scenario we looked at involved street-level violence and political crisis. Hurricanes however, could have a considerable impact on the insurance industry as could the wildfires.” Filed under George Floyd , insurance , property damage , protests , riots , 9/16/20 Published September 19, 2020 at 12:52pm “Mostly peaceful” protests and riots that have been going on over the past few months have now caused $1-2 billion worth of damage. Nevertheless, these left-wing voices in media continue to desperately cling to the notion that these protests are something to be celebrated. TRENDING: Investigation Underway After National Guard Member Stationed in DC Dies. A landslide for Joe Biden resulted in a relatively orderly transfer of power. The establishment media is now pointing out that these protests are roughly 90 percent peaceful. If Biden wins, the Democrats, the media, and their Brownshirts in Antifa and Black Lives Matter will have had their terrorism validated. Damage of DC riots in today’s dollars: 170 million in insured losses. Multiple doors and windows were boarded up in the area early Tuesday morning as a result of the widespread damage caused the night prior. Obviously, because the left’s domestic terrorism extended well beyond June 8 and is still ongoing, the company acknowledges “this is still happening, so the losses could be significantly more.”. Let’s say have of that was insured. This is a massive loss for the many small-business owners whose properties were victimized in the riots, many of which, if not all, began as protests in support of Black Lives Matter. The media’s continued silence on the mayhem and tacit approval of it since it … Picking up the pieces: Americans survey the damage after the sixth night of riots across the US that saw 50 Secret Service agents injured in DC, looters trash stores in … Rioting in Los Angeles in … CommentaryAlex Wong / Getty Images Watch: Psaki Tries to Laugh Off Question from Fox's Doocy, He Doesn't Let Her Get Away with It, CommentaryAlex Wong / Getty Images Watch: CNN Reporter Demolishes Jen Psaki Over Crisis at Southern Border, CommentaryAndrew Harnik / AP Fact Check Nails Biden After First Speech to Nation Filled with Lies, Seth Wenig - Pool; Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images Cuomo Now Under Immense Pressure as Schumer, Gillibrand Join Bipartisan Call for Scandal-Ridden Governor to Resign. James S. Robbins. Two days of riots following the funeral of Freddie Gray caused $26 million in losses in Baltimore alone. Riots flared after four police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King, a black man. The domestic terrorists in Antifa and Black Lives Matter have accomplished one thing: the most costly riots in the history of our country, reports the far-left Axios. Riots of 2020 have given the Second Amendment a boost Riots over George Floyd predictably resulted in billions in property damage, but it might … You also agree to our. Prepare yourselves before it’s too late to prepare yourselves. One of the most severe incidents in recent history was the 1992 Los Angeles riots, during which more than 60 people were killed, more than 2,350 people were injured, and more than 12,000 people were arrested. Video As of 10pm: Police have made 45 arrests in connection with today’s riot in the East Precinct. The damage was done a during a march in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 30, 2020 to protest the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by … Because they are doing so now with the full support of the establishment media and Democrats. Law and OrderMediaPoliticsAntifaAxiosBlack Lives MatterJohn NolteRiots. Let's Examine the Facts, Poll: Most Americans Stand Behind Gina Carano, Oppose Disney's Woke Politics, Fact-Check Disaster: PolitiFact Targets Marjorie Taylor Greene but Forgets to Consult Dictionary First, Watch: Psaki Tries to Laugh Off Question from Fox's Doocy, He Doesn't Let Her Get Away with It, Watch: CNN Reporter Demolishes Jen Psaki Over Crisis at Southern Border, Fact Check Nails Biden After First Speech to Nation Filled with Lies, Cuomo Now Under Immense Pressure as Schumer, Gillibrand Join Bipartisan Call for Scandal-Ridden Governor to Resign. The rioting and terrorism will be off the charts. In terms of total paid insurance claims, the arson, vandalism and looting of the riots cost as much as $2 billion. The Capitol riot was VERY BAD, and everyone condemns it. BLACK Lives Matter protests and "riots" after the death of George Floyd did as much as $2billion worth of damage. Follow his Facebook Page here. — Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) January 8, 2021 — Tom Hauser (@thauserkstp) May 30, 2020 Now, a new assessment first reported by Axios shows the financial cost of the rioting is on its way to at least $2 billion, … Author: Joe Nelson Updated: May 28, 2020 Original: May 28, 2020. Many businesses pushed to the edge. Follow John Nolte on Twitter @NolteNC. “The NYPD has seen a surge in the number of officers filing for retirement,” said Sgt. He also co-hosts the outlet's video podcast, "WJ Live.". How do we know that? “Mostly peaceful” protests and riots that have been going on over the past few months have now caused $1-2 billion worth of damage. The police department's $23 million figure on cost, which was last updated in early July and has likely gone up, includes $300,000 damage to public buildings, $4.8 million in … In other words, that astronomical number isn’t estimating total damage, just the damage that’s insured. Using damage to property as cover, US police have meted out shocking, indiscriminate brutality in the wake of the uprising ... Mon 1 Jun 2020 10.20 EDT. In other words, it’s easily preventable. Read our editorial standards. Since then, he has authored hundreds of stories, including several original reports. More damage to Minneapolis in 2020 … Property Claim Services, a company that tracks insurance claims filed due to riots and the like, found that the left-wing riots that occurred between May 26 and June 8 of this year could reach $2 billion in insurance claims. Michael Austin joined The Western Journal as a staff reporter in 2020. Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Local residents inspect a post office destroyed during rioting in Minneapolis, Minn., May 31, 2020. A man looks at the destruction aftermath of businesses along Lake Street, May 31, 2020, in Minneapolis. The “non-essential” but highly valuable black brown and poor white … The damage caused by protesters is directly related to human action. As of March 2020, the US is affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. That unveiled threat came from the far-left Washington Post at the beginning of the month. Imagine, for example, if the protesters and rioters were predominantly right-wingers. The national media are not even being subtle in threatening more riots if Joe Biden loses: A loss by Joe Biden under these circumstances is the worst case not because Trump will destroy America (he can’t), but because it is the outcome most likely to undermine faith in democracy, resulting in more of the social unrest and street battles that cities including Portland, Oregon, and Seattle have seen in recent months. Here’s a piece of perspective that shocked even me…. While technically true, the waving away of this violence by calling the protests “mostly peaceful” was immoral and dismissive of a problem that can now be officially classified as historically awful. That five-day event caused about $1.4 billion in 2020 dollars, according to PCS. Civil disturbances generally cause modest property losses when compared to natural disasters, data from the Insurance Information Institute shows. Even Axios’ own article detailing the billions of dollars worth of damage used the left’s favorite new catchphrase “mostly peaceful.”. We have never lived in a country where political violence has been normalized and encouraged. If Trump wins, the marauders will maraud like nothing we have ever before seen, and they will do so with the full support of the establishment media and the Democrats. We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Property damage was estimated at more than $1bn. If you add up the insurance cost in 2020 dollars for all six major American riots during the turbulent 1960s, the total is a little shy of $1.2 billion — which means the terrorists in Antifa and Black Lives Matter caused more mayhem and property damage in a little over a week than this country saw throughout all of the 1960s. Here’s Why the True Cost Is Even Higher Even beyond face-value insurance costs, riots leave a lasting shadow on a city that haunts its economy for decades. This time, they used: …census data from 1950 to 1980 to measure the riots’ impact on the value of central-city residential property, and especially on black-owned property. That’s just for the department. companies have learned the hard way that their insurance doesn’t cover business interruption related to the coronavirus, most policies emphatically do cover riot-related losses.”. RELATED: Police Nowhere to Be Seen as Leftist Thugs Chase Reporter Away from George Floyd Square 'Autonomous Zone'. Lets reflect on what has been done over and over to us without retaliation due to lack of media and civilian evidence. pic.twitter.com/l8art6r8wQ, — MediaResearchCenter (@theMRC) June 2, 2020, FLOYD PROTESTS: Damage from looting and arson amid mostly peaceful protests over the police killing of George Floyd will cost $1-2 billion in claims, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Rioters then began throwing chunks of ceramic, rocks and glass bottles toward the officers, while others pointed green lasers — which are capable of causing permanent eye damage — at officers. Most importantly, these estimates are all being compared based on 2020 dollars. The media’s continued silence on the mayhem and tacit approval of it since it first began has been absolutely disgraceful. But, dismissing 2020's riots as "just burning small businesses" and "totally different" is dishonest. In that case, we would likely be having a national discussion about terrorism in this country and how the Republican Party is fanning its flames. Riots depressed property values in affected areas. That adds up to $1.42 billion today, which is still lower than the $2 billion Black Lives Matter Riots estimate — which again only covers eight or nine days of rioting that has never really stopped. Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Meaning, previous riots, like the 1992 Rodney King Riots in Los Angeles, cost $775 million in 1992 dollars. Another thing to keep in mind is that these estimates are based only on insurance claims, so near the bottom of the piece, we’re told: “U.S. That number far eclipses the cost of the infamous Rodney King riots of 1992. In April 2015, PCS released data about the property damage caused following the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. If the rioters were mostly conservatives, would the media still show tacit approval? The riots of 2020 have been taken to a whole new level in terms of the economic property damage they’ve caused. Read our, Alex Edelman - AFP / Getty Images; Sasha Mordovets / Getty Images, Seth Wenig - Pool; Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images, Investigation Underway After National Guard Member Stationed in DC Dies, Police Nowhere to Be Seen as Leftist Thugs Chase Reporter Away from George Floyd Square 'Autonomous Zone', Citing Section 230 Immunity, Twitter Files Motion to Dismiss Sex Trafficking Survivor's Lawsuit, TWJ Interviews Top-Rated News Anchor Who Resigned Over Establishment Media Bias, Is The Walt Disney Company Left-Leaning? At least 13 riots were declared since late May, and the violence has included fires and vandalized property. There’s also this helpful non sequitur: “Yes, but: These losses are small compared with those stemming from natural disasters like hurricanes and the wildfires that are consuming the U.S. West.” [emphasis original]. George Floyd Riots Caused Record-Setting $2 Billion in Damage, New Report Says. WATCH: Media tout “peaceful protesters” amidst rioting and looting. The city of Minneapolis has tallied at least $55 million in property damage and looting stemming from the protests demanding justice for Geoge Floyd. To the surprise of no one, Axios still uses the term “mostly peaceful” to describe what’s happening. The far-left Atlantic published that last week (I don’t link anything that blackmails voters using threats of violence). And the 2020 wildfire season still has a way to go," says Worters of Triple-I. O’Donnell. Rioters burned down an active precinct with cops initially in it, set up a literal city-state, and killed 34 people. Lets take a step back and look at not only how much damage the riots have caused, lets look at the pain the police have been inflicting on the under cared for communities since the beginning of time. Click here to log out. pic.twitter.com/uaNPwwnUEQ, — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) September 16, 2020. If the shoe were on the other foot and the causes being pushed by protesters were actually conservative in nature, CNN, MSNC, ABC and all of the other left-leaning media outlets would be condemning the protests as fascist. From the beginning, it was obvious that these riots were dangerously common at the nationwide protests in response to the death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died after a police officer knelt on his neck for roughly nine minutes. For context, the 1992 Rodney King riots in Los Angeles resulted in $775 million in damage, or $1.42 billion today, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Damage to Minneapolis: over 500 million. While that figure represents only the damage done between May 26 and June 8 - meaning the real figure taking into account the destruction in cities like Portland and Kenosha is likely much higher - it still represents the worst riot damage in … Completing this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. This is likely the worst example of widespread civil disobedience this country has ever faced. 21 officers sustained injuries after being struck by … Updated Jul 10, 2020; Posted Jul 10, 2020 Thousands of protesters march peacefully through downtown Portland on June 1, 2020, the fifth night of protests against the death of … (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Riots have long-lasting consequences.