(Left) The Boemestrasse Synagogue in Frankfurt, Germany burns on 10 November 1938 – Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass.
(Right) A protester gestures in front of the burning 3rd Precinct Building of the Minneapolis Police Department, May 2020.
In both cases the Police stand down. They do not intervene. Destruction of small and medium sized businesses is widespread across the nation. Fires and broken glass are accompanied by looting and assaults on innocent civilians.