The George Floyd killing I saw on TV is outrageous. Floyd, handcuffed, prone on the ground, under a police car, had a uniformed officer stand on his throat until he died. That officer should be prosecuted for murder. Minnesota had better find some decent lawyers to prosecute, try and convict the officer.
The looting and burning of Minneapolis is also outrageous. Each looted store, each burned building is the work of many people over many years destroyed in a few minutes. Plenty of small business people have lost all they owned, thru no fault of their own. Some newsies have tried to paint this riot as a protest against the George Floyd killing. First amendment protects the right to "peaceably to assemble and to petition for a redress of grievances". Looting and burning is not peaceable, it's a riot.
The newsies do not have any stories of police or National Guard making arrests, using fire hoses or tear gas, or breaking up the riot. Far as I can tell, the cops and the Guard fled the area. Back trouble, a big yellow stripe.
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