Many people have been sickened by the attack on George Floyd that ended in his death and it has prompted protests and outrage across social media.

People have been calling in and posting across their social media accounts, putting so much pressure on authorities to the point that already 4 officers involved in the attack have been fired. But that isn't enough, they are still calling for murder charges as well.

The University of Minnesota also recently announced that they are no longer using the Minneapolis PD for security services.

This comes in response to recent events.

It didn't take long for that outrage to turn into more.

Eventually some were seen attacking and throwing things at police cars, and authorities responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.

Hundreds were seen destroying and looting from a Target.

Who knows what other businesses might have been caught up in the chaos and been unjustly targeted.

I have seen many supporting the riots online because they say they are fed up with the injustice and they have no sympathy for a corporation like Target because it has stood by and been silent about it.

The same Target that just kept families in that community alive by supporting them and getting them their daily essentials through the COVID-19 lockdown.

I think this sort of collective destruction is no protest at all, and it is not only unjust but also extremely harmful toward the cause of those who were seeking justice for Floyd.

Why? Because the wrongdoing of engaging in theft, trespassing, and the myriad of other crimes that might be committed because of this social outrage, overshadows the wrongdoing of the officers. That is not what you want. You want the attention to be on the problem and that is unchecked authority figures violating their position of trust to bring harm to communities that they serve. Use peace and leave the attention on the violence, the boot on someone's throat that literally cost them their life.

Target and other stores that have been looted and attacked, as people look for a place to express their outrage, they are victims in this scenario.

Peace is always the best approach to take.

When you start using violence then you are depending on others to agree with your justifications for using violence, which they might not. Who says then if those actions are just?

How can peaceful actions be unjust?

Not everyone who was seen in the streets and stores who had engaged in violence might even know what is going on, all of the facts of the case, and could have simply been looking for an opportunity to be destructive or steal.

It becomes very difficult to sort out the just actions from the unjust when it looks like a blind horde of people initiating a wave of violence against the property of others.

Peace on the other hand is very easy to distinguish and is more likely to garner support.

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