Americans are witnessing a wave of looting, arson, and rage in black communities.
In the aftermath of the April 2015 riots in Baltimore, Maryland, Time Magazine’s Lily Rothman quoted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “A riot is the language of the unheard” in a feeble attempt to rationalize its devastating effects.
What Rothman’s piece didn’t mention was that Dr. King also said that “Riots are socially destructive and self-defeating” because black Americans end up on the losing end, hurting themselves.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. responds to rioting: