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Minneapolis Burning: You’re On Their Side Until…?

The burned out 3rd precinct in Minneapolis. | Jon Johnston

There were peaceful protests and there was looting. They’re not the same, but we lump them together out of convenience.

I went to Cup Foods in Minneapolis Saturday evening with Katie, my son’s fiancé. Cup Foods was where George Floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department. I’m not going to recount that story – you can read it many other places. We went to join a protest. We were aware ahead of time where the more peaceful protests were held and where there was more likely to be trouble.

There were thousands of people, all peaceful, gathered in that one area. The crowd consisted of mostly very young people. I went because I didn’t feel like sitting on my ass, eating more food and getting fatter during a pandemic. I felt like other people at the protest needed to see the presence of at least one old white dude who wants to see things change. Most of all I wanted to see what was going on for myself. I wanted to talk directly to people who were protesting, ask them why they were, and what they thought about what they were doing and all the looting.

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