Minnesota caught on fire again. The “spontaneous combustion” came right after a traffic stop ended with a death. The “spark” ignited large groups of people who took out their “obvious racial frustration” on businesses and other property. Excuse me if I pull a Piers Morgan and suggest the looters and vandals were not so much upset over the incident as they were grateful for another chance to gather up possessions for free. The advent of another “incident” involving a black man and a white policewoman was all the was needed to open up the spigots of free stuff there for the taking.
But then, this was just a rehearsal for what is to come at the end of the Chauvin trial. So far, the media has played ad nauseum the arguments of the prosecution and the testimony of their witnesses. Will see how much coverage the defense and its witnesses get from them. I doubt it will be even as they continue to stoke the flames that literally burn Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, Chicago and DC. After all, stories of people getting along don’t sell advertising nor fit their political ties to this administration and its progressive left.
A cynic might even suggest that Black Lives Matter put Daunte up to the task of enticing police to pull him over hoping for another confrontation. Hard to think that some people would put others up for “martyrdom” but then, this is the world we live in isn’t’ it? If no crisis exists to take advantage of, then create one. After all, the end justifies the means…. especially when you are so well intended.
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