It takes like 4 seconds to find the guys house, why not go burn that down instead of some dude's minimum wage job
because the corporation that employs that person, and pays them minimum wage, is the problem. the job of the police is to protect corporations and their capital. I'm not speaking figuratively; george floyd was murdered because he tried to use what was supposedly a counterfeit $20 bill at a grocery store. obviously, the immediate issue at hand is that a tribal white cop killed a black man who was morally, and very possibly legally, innocent. but it wasn't
just personal prejudice on the cop's part. systemic racism in this country tells white men that they're better, that they're the default, and that they deserve to have power over other people. it tells them that having a badge means they can kill people they deem lesser and get rewarded with paid time off for their efforts. and this systemic racism stems not only from our history of legal slavery and segregation, but also from the
effective slavery and segregation we have now in the form of poverty and inaccessible education. corporations profit by taking advantage of people who simply have no choice but to work for them in exchange for table scraps or to consume their product because it's all that's available to them. and then we enter a pandemic, during which our federal government and countless state governments have decided to forego caution in favor of capitalism, and continue with business as usual, putting black and brown lives in even greater danger. these marginalized groups, I promise you, are not the ones whose employers provide them with the privilege of working from home, they aren't the ones who can afford to pay 10% extra to have their groceries delivered to their homes, they aren't the ones with access to healthcare if they have the misfortune of becoming infected. for those who haven't been able to work, where does that leave them? food prices haven't decreased. there's no rent freeze in minneapolis, or, in fact, most of the country. $1200 is only one month of rent, and we're nearing the end of the third
in the midst of all this, because a corporation called the police over a $20 bill, and because a white cop knew from experience that he would get away with murdering a black man in broad daylight, and because his cop buddies supported his violence not only in this specific instance but also in previous cases, george floyd is dead. this country needs to change, and peaceful protest isn't working. maybe you should be more concerned about that than a loving target getting looted