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OH MY GOD.

You HAVE TO watch this.

You will LAUGH so hard.
Rubber bullets, tear gas, flash-bangs...

As you can obviously see, the fear of "escalation" is gone.

WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?

The professionals were taken out.

These people were spoiled. Now they had their toys taken away from them.
Let's see a show of hands:

Anybody feel sorry for them?

BESIDES:

There's almost certainly a high-value target (HVT) in amongst them.

And these massive resources were not needed elsewhere.
Minneapolis went from totally out of control to under complete control in less than 24 hours.

We won't see nationwide mayhem again.

The worm has turned.

America is not Europe.

The attempted political exploitation of George Floyd's death has backfired.
It backfired in every possible way.

Again:

The police make 10 million arrests per year.

In the process, they kill about 500 people.

The country does not deserve to burn because of that.
What we're they screeching ONE DAY after 9/11?

"YOU CAN'T BLAME AN ENTIRE GROUP OVER THE ACTIONS OF A TINY HANDFUL!"

In THIS case, the entire country is being blamed.

I say, "Blow out it your blower."

I accept ZERO responsibility or blame for the actions of a few cops.
I'm not a cop.

I'm not a racist.

So your fake rage has nothing to do with me.

But you've managed to utterly erase the memory of George Floyd.

Great job! Stellar, in fact.
Today, as I left the 7/11, a very talkative young black man with blond hair and sunglasses was behind me, bantering with the clerk as he left.

I held open the door with my body for him, and as he passed, he said, "Hey, thanks man!" and patted me on the shoulder.
"You're welcome," I said, and he got in his car and drove away.

I held open the door because when I'm leaving, I ALWAYS HOLD OPEN THE DOOR FOR EVERYONE BEHIND ME.

In the era of the plague, I use my body so that they don't have to touch the handle.
In the era of the plague, the young man patted my shoulder without hesitation.

During TWO simultaneous plagues, we had a nice little interaction.

As it should be.

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