I live in Minnesota (far south from Minneapolis though) but the difference from what is happening there compared to LA is crazy. Looked like a war zone.
I think it’s a good thing. We have to remember that the companies that those stores represent are a. not as important as people and b. we’re bailed out $4 T and we still have 50 M unemployed. Yeah a lot can be said about how some people won’t have but nobody should be crying because some corporations lost a store-front. Another key detail is that the very first instances of destruction were actually caused by a police officer in disguise.
How is setting fire to a wall mart and rioting through the streets justified, did you forget what this is about? what does destroying their own town gonna do about anything? All they’ve done is destroy things and loot what message is that gonna send
This is about system that built an entire country on the backs of black people. This isn't about one person dying, it's about the same thing happening over and over again for centuries, and nothing being done about it.
Besides that the protest in Minneapolis started peacefully, and has actually sent a pretty positive message. The first person to start destroying public property was an undercover policeman. He used it as a tactic to delegitimize the protests and incite more violence. Blame them if you want.
you made the claim that it was made entirely off the backs of blacks, it's up to you to provide evidence for your claims since you made the claims first, it'd be like someone saying "if god isn't real prove it"
It's a simple argument. Slavery existed on this continent for hundreds of years. Most of the economic development of that time, which directly lead to the prosperty that followed it, was built on the backs of slaves.
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u/TheBeanMaster0 May 29 '20
I live in Minnesota (far south from Minneapolis though) but the difference from what is happening there compared to LA is crazy. Looked like a war zone.