There's one inescapable lesson here and that is the invariable brutal and racist thuggery of U.S. police forces. It's their true uniform.
Impossible to watch the report of this weekend and not conclude that the murder of George Floyd represented the standard, not the exception.
Impossible to watch the report of this weekend and not conclude that the murder of George Floyd represented the standard, not the exception.
Any talk about the method of the protest that doesn't focus on the inescapable fact of its cause—the uniform brutal racist thuggery of the cops—is a distraction designed to discredit the protester's just complaint.
Police in America are revealed. You can't not know.
Police in America are revealed. You can't not know.
If someone wants to parse who destroyed what property, ask—why is that your focus?—when we have the report of police behavior which is inescapable, reflexively brutal, almost casual, violent, cruel escalating, and racially targeted—and delivered with clear expectation of impunity
And it's like that EVERYWHERE.
Next to the uniformity of police thuggery, any other commentary is window dressing at best, and may serve as a deliberate distraction.
The vital questions center on the clearly observable fact of uniform police thuggery. Ask the vital questions.
Next to the uniformity of police thuggery, any other commentary is window dressing at best, and may serve as a deliberate distraction.
The vital questions center on the clearly observable fact of uniform police thuggery. Ask the vital questions.
The righteousness of the #BlackLivesMatter cause, the justness of their complaint, the full extent of the daily systemic state-supported domestic terrorism Black citizens face every day, can't be denied. The full extent of police thuggery is on proud display in every city.
