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With the Coronavira thing going on, we are watching reports on TV of some very good things people are doing for others, even giving some people food and face masks, but we are also watching lots of violence over the killing by a policeman in Minnesota. While I can't condone what the police man or the other police did, having people loot and burn businesses is very wrong.
We watched a Salt Lake City TV station live last night showing all the rioting going on in Salt Lake City. Two cars were burned, rocks and glass bottles thrown at police (and newscasters). There was lots of damage to apartment buildings and cars in one of the new car lots. A lot of the rioting and damage was within a block of where Cindy worked for the Utah State Board of Education office, so it meant a lot to her. We would have never believed it would happen at our home state. The Salt Lake mayor put a curfew on the City from 8:00 last night until 6:00 AM tomorrow. We watched a lot of the protesters getting arrested. Cindy watched a TV scene where an old man with a cane was walking in Salt Lake, and because of the curfew, a policeman pushed him to the ground. Why couldn't he have just told him about the curfew instead of just pushing him? We wondered if maybe the man just didn't know about the curfew.
We saw a report that a lot of the looters back east are people that have come in from out of state.
Today the Arizona Governor ordered a nighttime curfew for the whole state for the next week.
Cindy did watch some peaceful protesting with police and protesters peacefully walking side by side which is probably the good thing. Here in Yuma, There were people out with signs yesterday, but we didn't hear about any violence or property damage.
I'm sorry to write about this, but we want to be able to remember what went on at this time in our lives.
When we watch the protests there is no such thing as social distancing so the number of virus cases will probably go up.
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Funny, I didn't see any of those protestors wearing masks while they were looting and burning. I just don't get it. Well I do, they don't care one whit about what's going on, they just like to destroy and steal ... it's fun!! You can't say it's not preplanned ... they even have stacks of bricks deposited in specific places just for the fun of breaking windows and heads!! There's no reason for all this ... the cop is in jail already and will be forever. There was a small protest here, but those people were peaceful and they went home. Then the radicals took over with their destruction of cars and buildings. It just makes me mad as a wet hen. They deserve what they get. As to the poor little old man, he probably didn't have a clue what was going on. There was no need to knock him over. Honestly, I'm sick of all this stuff ... I'm looking for a nice quiet place out in the desert far far away from everyone and everything!!
ReplyDeleteThis poor world we live in has gone crazy. They need to start playing John Lennon's song Give Peace a Chance to calm everyone down.
ReplyDeleteThat officer should be charged for pushing that senior over.
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It's about time.