Rich Lowry: Riot First, Ask Questions Later

The Charlotte rioters didn't know whether the controversial police shooting of Keith Scott was justified or not, and didn't care.

They worked their mayhem – trashing businesses and injuring cops, with one protester killed in the disorder – before anything meaningful could be ascertained about the case except that the cops said Scott had a gun and his family said he didn't.

Charlotte is the latest episode in the evidence-free Black Lives Matter movement that periodically erupts in violence after officer-involved shootings. The movement is beholden to a narrative of systematic police racism to w...