Leftists Working Overtime to Frame the Narrative on George Floyd Riots

In 1989, District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry, Jr. insisted that his city was basically crime-free except for all the murder. “Except for the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,” he told a luncheon audience at the National Press Club.

On May 28, MSNBC reporter Ali Velshi said something just as mind-bogglingly absurd. As violent riots erupted in sections of Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, Velshi insisted that the protests were basically peaceful.

“I wanna be clear on how I characterize this,” Velshi said, as buildings literally burned to the ground in the background of the broadcast. “This is mostly a protest. It is not, it is not, generally speaking, unruly.”

It’s interesting to watch Velshi struggle to find the words to shape the narrative he’s trying so desperately to tell: that the violence and upheaval unfolding around him aren’t really happening. That the burning buildings are somehow not indicative of what is really taking place on the ground. That the whole scene is really just a peaceful protest, so please don’t misinterpret the fires, the destruction and evacuation of Minneapolis’s 3rd police precinct, the vandalism of police vehicles, and the looting of the Target and arson of the AutoZone as “unruly.”

According to the Saint Paul Police Department, more than 170 businesses were damaged or looted that night, and there were dozens of fires.

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