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shockey80

(4,379 posts)
Fri May 29, 2020, 01:01 PM May 2020

I would not be surprised if this violence spreads around the country.

There is no president to calm things, just an asshole who will make things worse. Black Americans have had enough. They are dealing with being murdered all the time by cops and racists and they are also dealing with this virus, which has hit their communities hard.

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I would not be surprised if this violence spreads around the country. (Original Post) shockey80 May 2020 OP
Tonite we will know. roamer65 May 2020 #1
Each city has their own victim. gibraltar72 May 2020 #2
Sure we don't have a functioning president in the WH but we do have numerous good people... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #3

gibraltar72

(7,500 posts)
2. Each city has their own victim.
Fri May 29, 2020, 01:16 PM
May 2020

This seems to be the breaking point. There is a lot of pent up rage. This why I haven't said the pledge for over 40 years. It is witness to a lie. I hoped in my lifetime I could, I despair of that notion.

SWBTATTReg

(22,093 posts)
3. Sure we don't have a functioning president in the WH but we do have numerous good people...
Fri May 29, 2020, 01:32 PM
May 2020

on the ground in many communities, working to calm things down, and address the issues that face all of our communities. Speaking from STLMO where so many protests have occurred in the past (Ferguson and the STL Missouri area), there has been much progress and of course more remains to be accomplished. My heart goes out to these communities in MN.

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