Police Killing of Black Man in Minneapolis Reignites Black Lives Matter Street Protests

Was it going to be the disproportionate number of black and brown people dying from Covid-19? Or the huge number of deaths in nursing homes that affected Blacks and Hispanics? Or that people of color faced the toughest working conditions without proper PPEs? Or that poor black children were affected most by the shutdown of schools with online learning not reaching them?

No, it took the hatred of police and white guilt to bring out the left wing protests. Amid peaceful protests, anarchists engaged in provocations against the police and widespread destruction of property. These activists previously mocked and reviled the right-wing protesters for threatening their lives with public displays of anger at the lock downs imposed by Democrats.

“I wore a mask and social distanced so I’m good. And the people who didn’t are oppressed so they can’t be expected to follow the rules of privileged white folks,” an Anglo protester argued.

“Destroying the Target was a way to keep the workers safe. Now they don’t have to go to work without proper protections. That will save their life.” was posted by N@tTurner on an anarchist Facebook page.

In the context of these events, the recently elected Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin tried to draw attention to a serious problem for black people in her city - the large numbers of the elderly dying in rest homes. “I thought if I could get the community to see people in police uniforms monitoring African Americans passing away in the care centers then we’d finally get some protests and attention on this issue,” stated Mayor Rondha Armstrong. 

“Social media posts spread showing police officers bringing black people into a rest home who later died. I actually got the idea from Governor Cuomo,” commented Mayor Armstrong, referring to the disastrous action the New York Governor took to deal with extra coronavirus cases. 

“Our plan in Milwaukee backfired. We got the protests and media coverage but Antifa types also showed up and burned the nursing home to the ground,” complained Armstrong.