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fermienrico ◴[] No.23347699[source]
Side topic: Should government control looting when it comes to violent protests?
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throwaway9d0291 ◴[] No.23348699[source]
Looting is illegal. It happening when there's a violent "protest" going on doesn't make it any less illegal.

One of the government's core tasks is to enforce the law, so yes, the government should control looting.

And FWIW, I think "violent protest" is a misleading euphemism. This is a riot, whether you speak American [0] or English [1].

I honestly don't understand why this is a question. Why wouldn't the government be expected to enforce the law?

[0]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riot

[1]: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/riot

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