Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:
Anybody who claims these riots aren't about a blatant attempt to bring down the system and gov't need to wake up and smell the roses. If it was about police abuse like they're trying to claim we would have seen the same types of reactions that we saw after Ferguson, NY, LA and Baltimore when this woman was murdered back in 2017.
But we saw nada nothing zip. No riots, no protests, no BLM or Antifa rioting and attacking anything. So what other possible excuse could these rioters have for taking George Floyds tragic and unnecessary death to these extremes?
Except you did. Every time this happens the goal posts for what is acceptable under the overton window get shifted. What you are not accepting is that shift in cultural norms comes at a cost. Every time a black man gets killed by cop and NOTHING gets done there is a cost to that and it builds up like a plaque. So when you go back to 'normal' this is building up like a ticking time bomb and when the flood gates inevitably release this is the result.
It's not like there were not warnings and opportunities to address this, there were countless examples where there could have been meaningful reform. Every time it got shot down and the egregious issues get put to the back burner to be ignored. Now, we are LONG past that point and to fix this will be WAY more expensive and dangerous than it ever needed to be. Many will die for the callous attitude of the state being 'good enough' for too long.
Who knows, maybe the next time a cop kills a guy for being black and it being recorded we won't have riots in 75 cities but what has been done? All I see is racist tweets by Trump and zero action. No idea as to WHY the nation is on fire. So I can't see this simmering down anytime soon.
CKA Uber 
