George Floyd was not an "innocent". His history of extreme violence makes him a poor example around which to base a response. I remain open to the reality that racism exists in how blacks are treated, but when every time one of these cases explodes, the background of the "saint" involved comes with real violence and destruction, it makes the case harder to press.

Say her name. Breonna Taylor. Okay, I've said her name, and I will acknowledge her case directly. Breonna Taylor was specifically listed on the warrant under which the police were entering that property. That warrant was based on weeks of surveillance demonstrating drug-dealing activity, with her potentially involved.

I have seen cases of racism which are accurate and intuitively absolutely unjust (e.g. Kenneth Chamberlain in White Plains, NY - 2011). But those cases seem not to explode into the looting and destruction we witness around George Floyd. Why is it that riots seem to explode only around people who are not innocent?

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