Portland is out of control. So out of control the state police withdrew from the more localized efforts to quell the constant state of riots there - and at that they came in so that the feds could pull some of their resources - because their prosecutors refuse to prosecute any arrests. Defund police or abolish police, we're seeing this nonsense in real time in Portland and it could come to a city near you.
Pool made reference to the looting over a week ago and while I'm sure the BLM activist who called the looting reparations was making direct references to the Black community, here's an answer that has always made sense. Due to this coronavirus shutdown since March at least here in Illinois people probably are very worried about how to make ends meet. To buy food, to make a living, earn an income, to pay the rent. I don't want to make excuses, however, how can shutting down many segments of the economy and trying to keep healthy people at home going to end well in the long run. At least here in Illinois people were largely at home for two full months roughly from the middle of March through May.
We're still suffering the effects of it around the nation. Still and here in Chicago the Mayor the day before the looting made noise about citizens congregating on a north side beach. Then the next day some young man gets shot a false story goes around and then later that night into the morning we get fools going downtown looting.
I just can't wait until we get out of these unprecedented times.
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