Hello; Some things I understand. One is the police officer who knelt on Mr. Floyd's neck did a wrong thing. Should be also a very illegal thing. I do no see any way to justify his actions. I understand why he has been arrested and why he has been charged with murder. He will face the legal system in court or make a plea. He likely will serve serious time. That is the way our society has chosen to deal with the bad behavior of an individual. One more thing I understand is why people are unhappy about what happened to Mr. Floyd. I have seen the videos. Mr. Floyd did not appear to be resisting any of the officers. I can understand why people want to protest.
Among things I do not understand are the riots taking place in so many cities. Last I heard some level of disturbance in 40 or more places. I use the term riot her because that is what they appear to be. Not protests anymore even if that is how some wish to label what is going on. To me in a protest a crowd can shout, hold up signs, give passionate speeches and make demands. In a riot people burn, loot and injure other people or their property. There have been shootings and at least one death from a shooting. A large number of business have been destroyed . Some of these business people have lost everything and at least a number did not have insurance.
I also only partially understand why the authorities are not trying to stop these riots. If it truly is a lack of manpower in some places, that makes sense. However in the news feeds I have seen the police and other authorities are not trying to do much. The police should not stop a peaceful protest, but should a riot be allowed to happen night after night?
