It Feels Like I Should Say Something
I comment on everything else through my Boomer lens, why not comment on the protests and vandalism connected to the death of a black man by a white police man? I haven’t yet because I don’t really know what to say. The first thought in my head is that the protests are completely justified. The cop was accused of murder and it is hard to refute the video evidence, recorded by multiple witnesses. Yes, the cop deserves a fair trial, but can you see any outcome other than guilty? Even if the arrest of George Floyd was justified, how can kneeling on his neck for eight minutes, when it was obvious that he was suffocating, be justified? It seems to me that the other three police on the scene are also complicit in the death of the man on the ground pleading for his life. The anger of the African-American community is justified. Protests and shouting are warranted. Burning and looting are not! White people should be angry too. This is not an issue for only people of color. Some