The original way it was put is that “they were allowed to destroy everything” and the national guard was brought in after the looting had already happened. That’s the picture I’m responding to and contesting because I don’t think it’s true in most of the country. Maybe Minneapolis and a small number of other places?
Here’s some indicator of damages. 1500 damaged businesses in Minneapolis alone: https://www.newsweek.com/businesses-year-after-floyd-1596610
And typical estimates are a couple billion in insurance claims (I think nationally?)
Are you just arguing about if it’s “a lot” or not. Thats entirely subjective and not worth debating.