Like most of you, I have been following the shocking escalation of events from the comfort 
of my living room.  I say shocking in the sense that it has taken so long for
such anger to explode in such a violent manner, and in such a friendly place.

If you have ever been to +90% white Minnesota, then you know its probably the politest
and safest place for a white person to visit.   But Minnesota, like every other 
state in the USA, has a power structure built on a bias of violence toward people
of color, immigrants, and the poor.

What we are seeing, and what is making is making us white folks so terribly 
uncomfortable in our living rooms is that the mask has been ripped from the face 
of the demon that governs us. This is the demon put in place after the abolition of
slavery, which we got in our deal with the devil following the civil war. It
allows black people to call themselves free, so long as they really are not.

The demon allows protests, but only if they are quiet, clean and unmeaningful.
Its ok to yell into the wind so long as it doesn't lead to any kind of action
or white discomfort.

Usually you don't see the demon. It hides behind fancy words like bills of rights, 
federal and state  constitutions, and community policing "outreach."  These are
just words to the demon, and they don't mean much in practice.

If you look for the demon, you'll find him hiding behind myths, like the 
"thin blue line" story. It sanctifies and glorifies each extremely rare death 
of a police officer enshrining their memory on a granite wall, all while 
sweeping the all too common police murders under the rug with unquestioned
blanket excuses like, "resisting arrest."  "Reached for the cops gun."  "Didn't obey a lawful order."  "Reached toward his waist." "Didn't put down the knife."

The demon hides behind a mask of stories of "good" cops who take at-risk youth on camping trips. Never mind that the "good" cops have always (ALWAYS!) failed to rid their departments of the "bad" cops.  

Have you ever heard about a good cop turning in a bad cop?  Off course you haven't.
It doesn't happen. EVER.

The police culture is so powerful and ingrained by their unions, internal affairs
coverups, favors owed, kompromat, and retribution that its simply impossible. 
No good cop in America has any incentive to turn in or testify against a bad cop brother.

What is shocking is that George Floyd is just the latest murder of a black man by a white cop, and that none of the many video recorded cop murders prior to this has lead 
to meaningful, effective reform or protections.  Not even in the most progressive city in the friendliest state in the USA.

In the days ahead, we will hear about all of the usual "yadda yadda" that will 
try to extinguish Mr. Floyd's halo. 

We'll hear about what a tough job it is to be a cop.  We'll hear about how these animal rioters are not really us, but professional agitators or Russian dupes.  Anarchists.  
The inference will be that peaceful citizens (code for white) want order, not change. 
We're going to see small business owners crying, and blaming the rioters for their 
loss,  instead of fingering a long unreformed policing system that lit the fuse 
and detonated this powder keg.  They'll blame Mr. Floyd,  or his underlying health condition, or the fact that he was such a big black guy.  The cops were in fear of their lives.

When this happens, I challenge you to keep the focus on what ACTUALLY 
sparked these demonstrations and riots.  What actually started this is was the 
blantant murder of a U.S. citizen by a cop, who looked bored as he choked the life
out of Mr. Floyd.

My god, people... even if we assume that Mr. Floyd was guilty of trying to pass off a counterfeit $20 bill. A court of law would never, ever hand down the death penalty for that.  

Why should a cop on the street be able to kill a man for such a thing? Why does the
demon always just take the cops word for what happened, unless there's overwhelming
video evidence?   Why do cops get more protection than the people they are protecting.
I know that cops have a tough, shitty job.  But has the murder of Mr. Floyd made their job any easier? Has it won the police the admiration, respect and trust of the community they serve? Has bad policing improved the quality of life in Minneapolis?  

I look forward to the day the demon reforms himself,  truly reforms himself. 
But its going to take national leadership, which doesn't exist right now in America. 

Until the cops start policing themselves and take action to rid themselves of the
cancerous bad cops in their midst...  until then, there are no good cops. None.