What can I say?
Have we descended into a world of madness?
A white police officer puts a choke hold on an African
American man as he's begging to breathe.
This happens in broad daylight in full view of many people.
And not one bystander rushes over to help? No one
confronts the officer. Even though there
was a risk of being arrested, no one came forward to help?
If it had been a mad dog chewing on this man's leg, are
you going to tell me no one would have attempted to pry the dog off of the
man's body?
If it had been a child being beaten?
If it had been someone being sexually assaulted?
It's easy to say I would have done so, but I wasn't
there. Would fear of police retaliation have paralyzed me?
A man is dead. And
stores are being looted and burned.
Rioting thugs are not being confronted by the police. Store
owners, property owners who are still suffering economic woes are now hit full
force with economic ruin. Many of them
are people of color.
Shelves have been stripped of electronics, home decor, clothing and
lawn equipment.
And George Floyd is still dead. And so is this city's economy.
If this isn't madness, tell me what is.
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