Once again you hit the nail on the head Sult, we need to change the system and time is running out. If systemic change doesn't happen by peaceful means I'm afraid it will happen by violent measures. This incident in Minneapolis was exploited by groups wishing to use it as a stage and catalyst for their own end-goals.

My wife and I were walking our beagle about an hour before the 8pm curfew. We live right in the hot zone and saw many vehicles driving around with no license plates. Around mid-day a man pulled over to the curb and threatened a local couple just a block away from where we live. He told them, "We're coming for your neighborhood next."

This was being widely reported all across the city last night. Out-of-towners descended on the Twin Cities from groups like Antifa and the Bugaloo Bois to ramp up the violence. Some had AK-47s, some had trunks full of gas cans. Throughout the past few days pallets of bricks were mysteriously appearing in the middle of areas where protests were happening. This was a highly coordinated attempt to start a class war, in my opinion.

We did have some local looters but for the most part locals protested peacefully during the day and these groups took over the streets after the sun went down. Social media proved its worth these past few days, as horrible as it can be sometimes the truth about what was happening was spread quickly via Facebook and Twitter. This, I believe, is what kept the groups from being able to incite more violence amongst the citizens.

We were all afraid that things would ramp up last night but, thankfully, they didn't. The National Guard was pretty successful in dispersing the crowds. They blocked all of the bridges from Minneapolis to St. Paul so the crowd couldn't spill over into this city.

It's likely going to take years for Minneapolis and St. Paul to recover from this. Unfortunately so much of this classism and racism is "baked into" the system. We've seen "separation of church and state" but now we need "separation of corporations and state". I'm convinced this is the only way the people will win. Strip corporate influence in our government by putting an end to lobbying, put term limits in place, and end politicians being taken care of for life after their term is up. This would be a good start.

I hope the weekend has been a good one so far. Thank you for the mention and for the giveaway, I just noticed it in the wallet.