It could have been a lot worse. With dozens of buildings in Kenosha, Wis., burned during the riots that followed the shooting of Jacob Blake, one of the town’s synagogues was tagged with graffiti.
Amid the outrage about what happened to an African-American man at the hands of police, what CNN labeled without irony a “fiery but mostly peaceful protest” devastated the small city. As in Portland and Seattle, and many other places, what might have begun as a peaceful demonstration quickly turned violent. In Kenosha, the presence of outsiders with weapons who appear to have come to confront the rioters ultimately led to shootings and murder charges.
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