As violent protests against police brutality have roiled the country, so has a debate over the looting and property damage they have left in their wake.
George Floyd’s death is the latest tragic demonstration that there is something very wrong with how police operate in the US: massive racial disparities in police killings, use of force, arrests, imprisonment, and more.
Police reaction to the protests has in many ways validated their message that police too often operate with impunity,…