Why is this happening now?
With protests turning quickly into violent rioting, complete with rampant property destruction and looting as well as vicious physical assults on both civilians and law enforcement, every normal American must ask themselves: What are these mayors and governors who are not only not condemning this violent lawlessness, but in some cases actually encouraging it, thinking?
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has expressed support for ANTIFA (1) in the past, tweeting out a photo of himself with ANTIFA material signalling his approval. Various mayors have made excuses ranging from anger over perceived racism or some sense of rage over decades of perceived oppression. But a quick perusal of live feeds and recordings shown by the media show that not all who are protesting are black Americans. Many are white or other ethnicities. The once-peaceful assembly to express legitimate displeasure or outrage over the death of a black man by a white policeman were quickly coopted (2) and the violence (3) and mob mentality spread like wildfire (4) in each city.
Many small businesses have been destroyed, many of which were owned by minorities. The senselessness of property destruction and looting (5) is not lost on the average American. Will those bring the dead man back to life? Will looting an Apple, Louis Vitton oe Nike store somehow take away the pain of the deceased's family (6)? Of course not. Torching a family restaurant or police station will accomplish nothing either. So why is this happening? Why is it happening now?
Besides the obvious premise of a man being killed, there are a confluence of factors that are being exploited to maximum effect. 40 million Americans are out of work, countless small businesses many the dreams of the owners are closed forever.