Other than reading, I spent most of the day watching the news as the protests continued today. The protests were mostly nonviolent; the thousands of people out there are mostly wearing face masks, but it's shocking to see so many people out during the pandemic. People are risking their lives in the protests. It's a little after 7:00 pm Texas time, but it's started getting violent again in some of the major cities in the US.
Minneapolis has implemented an 8:00 pm curfew in hopes of getting people off the streets, but that could backfire. The reporters there are outside the buildings that were burned down yesterday. One man was interviewed; he had 2 buildings in the area and his employees put up "Black Owned" signs on one of the buildings and it was spared destruction.
The four police officers in the video from George Floyd's detainment/death were fired, but only one of them has been arrested for murder (3rd degree) and manslaughter charges. Why haven't the other former officers been arrested?
NYC right now:
Police are throwing tear gas and trying to get the people to disperse. They are arresting people and putting out literal fires that people are starting.
Washington DC, outside the White House:
CNN is reporting that the Secret Service had to intervene and arrest people and send the crowd away from the park there by the White House. People were trying to take down the barricades and get onto the White House lawn. The authorities were successful, but now the protestors are moving across the city.
Atlanta:
Protestors are throwing projectiles and setting cars on fire - including police cars. They had to send fire trucks to put out the fires. The police are now able to disperse the crowds. The cameras panned over to the CNN building, where graffiti is all over it.
My goodness! I fear it will get worse tonight, but I wanted to go ahead and type up my blog. If need be, I will update more later tonight or tomorrow.
Be safe out there!
Edit: Dr. Cornel West went on CNN and decried America as a failed social experiment. He pointed out that it's good that protestors are out in the streets because too often people fail to respond to these atrocities in our society. He called Trump a "neofascist gangster" in the White House.
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