My kid lives 10-15 min from there, currently going to grad school. Some people have relatives in harms way. Think about what you say. I don’t mind if they soil their own nest, but dont want any innocents caught up in the rioting.
Hardcore conservatives would tell you to get him out of there even if it screws up his schooling... I dunno. But prudence would be the name of the game for everyone else.
Tell him to really watch himself off campus and be ready to head home or at least away from there if the agitators set off an even larger riot. He has no dog in this hunt, so no need to get caught up in it and be potential collateral damage.
It wouldn’t hurt for him and the other seminarians to arm themselves, just in case.
I can relate, I was living in a city that saw major riots just after MLK was assassination. I’m just saying that if they want to burn their on homes down, more power to them.
Recall what happened to Reginald Denney. The trucker who was ambushed during the Rodney King riots. There are certain areas of StL. where white folk do not go, even on a good day. On a bad day? Duck and cover. Or have a valid plan of exfiltration...