I believe we have to many less than qualified police. I believe the " throw the book at them" mentality is more about money than safety/ rehabilitation.
If u was a business owner there, I would sue the carp out of that city. They announced the verdict at night and didn't invoke a curfew. They knew what would happen. One guy had just re- opened from his shop being destroyed from the last riot. Burning, vandalizing , and looting won't change our justice system. Now the innocent citizens have rebuilding to go (again) and a police department that us scared to do their jobs