Why are people so shocked about all the rioting and chaos that is happening in the United States?

Look, I'm not saying that I condone it. I was taught that two wrongs don't make a right. You have to realize though, that it's been building a [b]long time[/b]...[b]years[/b] in fact. And I really hate to say it, but it may only be the beginning.

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Mamapolo2016 · F

I am torn about this. The #blacklivesmatter hashtag started 7 years ago - and has essentially been met with resentment and ridicule. Rather than addressing the problem the hashtag is meant to spotlight, the discussion devolved into, "Yeah? More than white or brown lives? This is racist."

This tragedy in Minneapolis seems to me, at least, to have burned this issue pure of contaminants. George Floyd may or may not have tried to pass counterfeit bills. It does seem to me odd that if he had just been thwarted in a crime that he would still be sitting in his car within clear view of the location of that attempted crime.

For this uncharged, untried crime, he was executed.

Anyone too dumb to understand that kneeling for almost eight minutes on a man's neck is potentially going to cause harm or death really should not be a police officer.

I do believe most police officers should receive our support.

But the clincher for me is that rioters are being arrested on the spot with no more evidence than prosecutors have against Derek Chauvin and his fellow officers at the scene.

What makes these two situations worthy of far different arrest protocols?

While I'm here - if anyone doubts that the media have their own agenda - at least one newspaper published the information that Derek Chauvin lived on a particular block on a particular street in a particular neighborhood. There can only be one reason for that. Pumping up more violence.