Costs from weeks of protests take financial toll on cash-strapped cities across US

[Counselor706]

From police injuries to financial losses from looters, the aftermath from weeks of cross-country protests is bringing some cities to their knees.

All told, the unruly demonstrations following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery could make it one of the costliest displays of civil disorder in U.S. history. In many places, the financial fallout comes as cities and states have drained their coffers trying to fight COVID-19. The end result for these cash-strapped cities could put them millions of dollars in the red and struggling for years to get out.

In Minneapolis, costs related to the protests could hit higher than $500 million. In Portland, Ore., nearly 80 nights of destruction have caused the liberal locale $23 million and counting. In Chicago, a city that's seen soaring crime rates and corruption at the highest levels, the damage done from the protests has not only hit high-end retailers but crippled hundreds of mom-and-pop stores trying to eke out a living.

Here's a look at the financial impact of demonstrations across five U.S. cities.

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[islandman]

It would seem that police brutality is not economically justifiable.

 

[FescueFan]

It would seem that police brutality is not economically justifiable.

Desperate to put the blame anywhere other than where it belongs....leftist rioters and incompetent Democrat mayors/city councils who enable and cover for the destruction.

Based on yet ANOTHER LIE from the left of police brutality.