What a fucking week.
I woke up Monday, had no idea what I was about to witness when I opened up Twitter and started watching a video of George Floyd pleading for his life.
Reports say that he died later at the hospital, but it looked like he died right there on the video.
I felt sick, sad, and angry.
The day after George Floyd died, there was a peaceful protest.
Those protestors were sprayed with tear gas.
Next day, a huge protest/riot in Minneapolis that included looting.
The next day, huge protests/riots in multiple cities.
It's now been 6 days after George Floyd's death and protests continue to spread nationwide ... 30 cities so far.
Video footage shows that white people are not the only ones inciting riots ... but there are a bunch of videos showing young white kids as the instigators.
Social media is of course completely polarized regarding white people rioting:
It's Antifa!
No! It's white supremacists!
I don't know ... maybe it's both.
It's also probably white supporters of BLM as well as just white kids who want to riot and loot because they are young and stupid.
It is possible for multiple issues to exist simultaneously.
There is also an accusation of a white cop inciting violence by breaking the windows of the Minneapolis Auto Zone before it went up in flames.
There is also video footage showing a pile of bricks conveniently placed on the side of the road....
Some say this is all by design to start a race war so that the government can justify further control.
And all of this sadly takes away from the initial point of the protests regarding police brutality.