Commentary Perhaps you’ve heard about charges being dropped against most of last summer’s George Floyd protestors. Prosecutors from Oregon to New York have chosen not to pursue a host of different charges against those arrested after peaceful protests turned into destructive riots. Outrageous, you might think. If someone commits the crime of looting, arson, property damage, or physical assault, they should do the time. What is wrong with these prosecutors!? Well, it’s more complicated than that. First, the latest nonprosecution news. In New York City—specifically, in Manhattan and the Bronx—police made hundreds of arrests during demonstrations last June. Officers then worked with prosecutors to build cases. But elected district attorneys make the final decisions on who actually gets prosecuted. The New York results? Of the 485 arrests made in Manhattan last year, 222 were simply dismissed; more may follow. In the Bronx, a full 60 percent of cases were dropped. …