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Especially as our country struggles to recover from a worldwide pandemic, the criminals looting businesses and rioting here must be prosecuted and stopped. Small businesses are facing enough challenges right now.

They rely on their government to keep them safe. Unfortunately, some elected leaders like our own Governor Roy Cooper are not responding with enough strength.

On the morning after Carroll’s Kitchen was ransacked, he downplayed the losses for countless law-abiding citizens by saying, “We cannot focus so much on the property damage that we forget why people are in the streets.”

We must do better than that unhelpful dichotomy, which undervalues the lives of hardworking citizens pursuing the American Dream. As we struggle together to recover from COVID-19, and struggle to achieve the justice for all which every American deserves, we must ensure public safety. It’s foundational.

Our economy cannot grow back to its historic strength if everyday Americans, like the good folks running Carrol'’s Kitchen, cannot rely on their state and local governments to protect them from violent mobs.

State Sen. Bob Steinburg represents District 1 in the North Carolina Senate.