"more troubled with the actions of the Minneapolis police"

As bad as 2020 has been for the world, I think it will also mark a number of turning points.  Up first, the realization that police cause more violence than they prevent:

"A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Sunday found that a majority of Americans are more troubled with the actions of the Minneapolis police that led to Floyd’s death, rather than by violence at some protests. The poll was conducted among 1,000 people from May 28 to June 2, just days after Floyd was killed on May 25 by a police officer who pinned him down by the neck with his knee, and early on in the (largely peaceful) protests.

Despite some criticism surrounding images of looting and arson, the poll found that only 27 percent of voters thought the violence of protesters was more concerning than the actions of the police and Floyd’s death — a contrast to the 59 percent that found the latter far more troubling. A big caveat: As with much else in American life, there’s a stark partisan divide. Nearly half of Republicans (48 percent) said they were more concerned about the protests, while 81 percent of Democrats found the police killing of Floyd a bigger issue."

I'm sure folks like my FOX-loving father are positively awash in images of broken glass and burning convenience stores, but anybody earnestly watching social media this past weekend saw almost nothing but peaceful (joyful?) protests by multiracial crowds, singing and marching for peace in their cities and towns.

Put simply, the "Ugga-Bugga Scary Black People!" noise machine doesn't work any longer.  That it ever did in the first place is one of our countries many original sins.