1.
The underlying issue with the killing of George
Floyd is police brutality. Police need
to be held more accountable for their actions.
The law should not “protect” the law.
If the law kills someone with malintent, they should be punished and put
in jail. They should not be the
exception. They should be subject to the
rule.
All lives matter. The way cops treat all people matter.
2. Cops do not treat black folks the same. My former coworker was a young, black, and always
getting harassed by cops for no reason. He has driven around with his friends and been
pulled over and forced to sit on the curb and answer questions with no probable cause. This needs to be rectified.
3.
The destruction of private property by rioters in
the aftermath of G. Floyd’s killing does not help address the underlying issues
of police brutality. These private
property owners who have already been devasted by more then two months of forced
government shutdown have now had their businesses decimated by looters and
rioters.
Although, perhaps this is a blessing in
disguise for some. The economic
conditions after Covid were so poor anyhow that they may recoup more in
insurance money versus business.
4.
Peaceful protest should be the means to an end. Not destruction of private property.
5.
The man who killed George Floyd is being charged
with 3rd degree murder. There
has already been a precedent set which does not bode favorably for getting the
justice deserved for the man that was slaughtered by the cop.
From Vox: “As Paul Butler, a Georgetown law professor and
former prosecutor specializing in cases involving corrupt law enforcement
officers, explains, homicide charges against police are very rare. Only about
100 officers have faced such charges for their on-duty conduct since 2005, and
only 35 of those were convicted as of 2019. None of the officers charged in
Freddie Gray’s death were convicted.”
This needs to change.
I hope this is something that will change based on the latest police brutality.
6.
The rioting and looting has arguably been exacerbated
by the forced government shutdown of the past two+ months. This has caused businesses to shut down, and
left many people unemployed and/or homeless.
The actual unemployment by many sources is above 25%. That’s 1 in every 4 people without a job now DIRECTLY
due to our government’s decision to shut down the entire economy instead of
providing guidelines for how people should act and allowing people the freedom
to act as they please and at their own risk.
So now people who have nowhere to work or nothing to do are joining the
movement as it spreads.
7.
The idea for the government to completely shut
down the economy because of Covid was asinine.
Our hospitals were largely empty all over the country during Covid. The government has now done much more economic
and social damage to the country versus the toll on people’s health. Economists now say many of the jobs lost
during Covid (and the forced government shutdown) will not come back. This article suggests it’s possible 2 out of
every 5 may not come back. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/42-of-jobs-lost-during-covid-19-may-not-come-back/ When our country was faced with a bad virus
back in the late 60’s, this was not the response. The response to Covid / a bad virus was
unprecedented and was a completely poor response.
8.
The fact that Congress had to send everyone
stimulus money goes to show our ecnomony’s health was poor prior to Covid. And Covid was the straw that broke the camel’s
back. Not enough people in our country
had or have savings for a rainy day. Not enough
people had two months worth of savings to “weather the storm”. Therefore this is what caused Congress and
the Central Banks to raise the deficit another $6 Trillion+ as of April 15th. And since then even more has been spent. This rate of spending cannot be sustained indefinitely. The news is barely even mentioning this.
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