>I went there personally. It was a defensive protest area with blockades against cars that had been running into protesters and aggressive cops.
This same group of people was throwing rocks, hitting people with sticks, permanently blinding people with powerful lasers, and other acts of violence. Whether you agree with it or not, they were violent occupiers of several city blocks, not just a park. And they were definitely armed. They even created their own "peacekeeping" force which walked around with AR-15s.
>I think it's callous and dismissive to speculate that protests about yet another unarmed black man being murdered by cops is about the pandemic.
George Floyd died of an overdose of fentanyl. He was complaining about not being able to breathe before he was lying on the ground. While he was still up, he begged the police to lay him down on the ground, which they did. It appears you are the victim of race baiting. It's a shame, because the police involved in this are almost certainly going to be found not guilty, but because this story has been ginned up so much it will result in even more violent riots in the streets.
This same group of people was throwing rocks, hitting people with sticks, permanently blinding people with powerful lasers, and other acts of violence. Whether you agree with it or not, they were violent occupiers of several city blocks, not just a park. And they were definitely armed. They even created their own "peacekeeping" force which walked around with AR-15s.
>I think it's callous and dismissive to speculate that protests about yet another unarmed black man being murdered by cops is about the pandemic.
George Floyd died of an overdose of fentanyl. He was complaining about not being able to breathe before he was lying on the ground. While he was still up, he begged the police to lay him down on the ground, which they did. It appears you are the victim of race baiting. It's a shame, because the police involved in this are almost certainly going to be found not guilty, but because this story has been ginned up so much it will result in even more violent riots in the streets.