It truly is horrible what happened to George Floyd. The way that Cop killed him was terrible and perverse. He should have gotten arrested and so should the other officers who were apart of that situation. I can' t blame people for being angry about this situation, where once again another black person is being killed uneccessarily by someone in law enforcement. People are sick and tired of this type of thing happening over and over again, and things have finally really erupted. Some cops are racist and it's a big problem. And I also think that some (maybe a lot of cops in general) are often too aggressive in general in the manner that they handle things. Especially with the way they handle people who commit misdemeanors/minor crimes.

I think these may be the most violent protests, I've seen in my lifetime. There was violence in places like Ferguson, but this is all over and people are literally burning things to the ground.  Including multiple police stations and several small businesses. I can understand people's frustrations, though I do wish they would stop going after places like the businesses. People have to make a living and they have nothing to do with what happened to George and other black men who have suffered at the hands of law enforcement. Hurting the small businesses is hurting their neighbors, family members and possibly themselves as well.

Some cops in other cities aren't helping the situation either with their behavior. Arresting that journalist on national tv the other day, was a horrible look, for an already horrible situation. (Not to mention violated his first amendment right). And here is another video, where a police officer is shown shooting rubber bullets at a reporter and her news team. If they are doing this with the cameras on them to journalists, you can only imagine what they are doing off camera to other citizens.

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/126...2563954695

Stuff like this is only escalating the tensions/chaos that is going on right now. It also further agitates things that we are still in the middle of the COVID-19 Pandemic. And I think that is another reason why people are extra on edge/tense/violent right now.  People are suffering as a result of the virus, whether that is due to losing a loved one to do it, or suffering from it economically..  I think that may be another reason why people are extra frustrated/angry right now. They are dealing with the bad things due to that as well, and they also tired of being cooped up and everything is erupting over with this latest brutal killing of another black man.

I could see these protests getting worse before they get better. Cops are being outnumbered in a lot of these cities during these protests and in Minnesota, it seems like all aspects of law enforcement have disappeared. (Even the National Guard isn't really hanging around there, according to one reporter from CNN last night). But I do wonder if it would help at least ease some of the tensions, if more of the officers involved in George's death was arrested. Better leadership is also needed across the board from people like government officials. We need leaders that actually care and want to help deescalate the situation/ease racial tensions, between people and law enforcement.

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