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>>novia+(OP)
Am I the only one that gets the feeling these riots have nothing to do with George Floyd at this point and are just a massive boiling over of tension from Coronavirus lockdown orders?

>>war102+63
I think that and the resulting unemployment boom certainly contributes, but you seem to miss the obvious point here - that the Black and Brown people of US have other objective reasons to protest about, too.

>>phoe-k+m3
> that the Black and Brown people of US have other objective reasons to protest about, too.

Speaking as a brown person, I am seeing a lot of white people in masks burning down and looting the livelihoods of black and brown business owners. I think I remember having read about something like this having happened before in history.

>>RcouF1+w5
https://streamable.com/kgvoqv - louis vutton looted

https://streamable.com/kc5hwj - amazon truck stopped and looted

https://streamable.com/jmr7ez - liquor store looted

https://streamable.com/x8rb8h - another liquor store looted

https://streamable.com/2ka2cm - store manniquens looted

https://streamable.com/53l2qd - office looted and trashed

https://streamable.com/x3al2j - target looted 1

https://streamable.com/e706oz - target looted 2

https://streamable.com/d9t0au - target looted - 3

https://youtu.be/hF6mMCwc8GY?t=6961 [Embed] - target looted 4

https://streamable.com/m3n5ju - ohio statehouse broken into

https://streamable.com/z2ffvm - arsonist sets fire to himself (disturbing)

https://streamable.com/2wjxc0 - daytime looting

https://youtu.be/HUptzxyfpgQ?t=285 [Embed] - people pulling cars up to stores to load loot hauls

https://youtu.be/hF6mMCwc8GY?t=1944 [Embed] - drug store looted by mob https://youtu.be/hF6mMCwc8GY?t=4349 [Embed] - back of store looted out onto street

https://youtu.be/hF6mMCwc8GY?t=5077 [Embed] - store mobbed cop car smashed

https://imgur.com/BPPgQu9 - nations most revered science

fiction bookstore and priceless collection torched

https://streamable.com/6710vr - LA's favela like conditions post-riots

https://streamable.com/vqi0vm - minneapolis aftermath warzone

https://streamable.com/94c32c - minneapolis first night pandemonium

https://streamable.com/revv8g - sympathetic protesters get their windows smashed for no reason

How does anyone watch these scenes and perform the mental gymnastics required to believe all the rioting and looting was secretly done by white supremacists?

>>mydong+U9
I see mostly black folks. Is it racist to state what I see? How many black folks are white supremacists?

>>golden+Gd
If you are using these videos as evidence to make a racist point, then yeah it would be racist.

I provide these videos in hopes people will knock it off with the conspiracy theories about white people being the ones rioting and looting. Police brutality disproportionately affect black and brown people. So why is it wrong to think that it would be mainly black and brown people who would be angered and go on a rioting/looting spree to lash out against the oppressors?

>>mydong+8e
It makes total sense. However, the looting being justified by some is totally inane in my opinion. How does robbing Jordans bring back dead folk? Especially when Jordans themselves are from Nike who partners with many black athletes.. And the protests have now become cover, consuming police resources while the looters destroy cities with fire, theft, violence, and chaos. The looters are just opportunistic vultures - they literally cleaned out all of SoHo and 34st street in NYC, ran over and shot cops, set fire to tons of buildings, even residences. They bring nothing but disdain for black folk..considering like you said..the demographic of the looters is mostly black.

It doesn't make sense to protest any more, in person, if you are helping looters destroy your local economy in an already bad recession by occupying an already taxed and outnumbered police force.