Statistics and reality. There are
only 12.6% of African American people living here in America. 4% of the San Diego population is African American. Just
North of us, Canada states only 2.2% of their population is black. In Mexico, the population numbers of blacks
is just 1.2%.
20% of those arrested yesterday were not local. From Wikipedia I quote, Martin Luther King Jr. who pronounced the 1968 Kerner
Report a "physician's warning of approaching death, with a prescription
for life." There were a lot of
people quoting the Reverent MLK yesterday, but there didn’t seem to be many in
the crowds listening.
It wasn’t as frightening here
yesterday as it was in 1965. We had
turned on the evening news, and heard about the riots. Mother insisted that we stay and eat. We did, then packed up the kids in our Chevy
station wagon and headed back up. As we neared
LA it grew dark. There were few other
cars on the freeways. The ramps were closed
off by National Guard troops who pointed their rifles our way. I’ve never been so frightened.
I went to bed before ten
last night. The peaceful marches and protests
dissolved shortly after ten last night.
Two small bank branches burned to the ground in La Mesa. Police cars
burned. Downtown, looting began. Spray painting of the buildings was well under
weigh. I couldn’t believe that this was
happening again.
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It only takes a few bad apples on both sides to spoil everything.
ReplyDeleteProtests can begin well, but the bad people find their opportunity to do their evil.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why they burn their own neighborhoods. And Trump hid in a bunker in the White House?? Sad signs of what he's made of.
ReplyDeleteI do remember those riots you mentioned and they were terrifying. Sadly the violence almost cancels the good of the peaceful protests.
ReplyDeleteIf we live long enough, we see history repeat. Sigh...
ReplyDeleteThe most violent have been the police for years. Those robbing the stores and not those protesting the treatment of blacks. There is even some news that Ukraine is feeding the newsfeeds to get the opportunists and other violent types to act.
ReplyDeleteI've quit thinking. It must end, this time without my input.
ReplyDeleteAs my 10th grade Civics teacher, Mr. Bacon, would say, "If you can't say something positive about someone, just say they're charming." Trump is charming. LOL
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