George Floyd: The Media Isn’t Helping By Referring To Rioters And Looters As Protestors

The media painted peaceful [Michigan] protest as unlawful and in the next breath painted rioting and looting as lawful.

The death of George Floyd was a tragedy not just because a life was lost, but of the way it was lost. Police brutality in America is getting out of hand. George was killed over a possible forgery of a $20 dollar bill; the Federal government doesn’t even issue the death penalty for forgery and counterfeiting money.

There were some positive outcomes, the four police officers who were involved in the incident were fired and the FBI has opened an investigation. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement, “Being black in America should not be a death sentence” and I believe everybody is on the same page with the Mayor.

If you were to believe the media, or even just listen to them you would think there’s an epidemic of white cops killing black men. The media never reports on black men killing white men or white men killing white men or especially black men killing black men — such as the everyday occurrence in Chicago.

The media smears peaceful lockdown protestors while defending rioters and looters.

I don’t even try to have any kind of dialogue when it comes to anything related to race. I try to see the other side and I really do understand the problems blacks have faced throughout their history but I don’t like being called a racist; I don’t need that and I think that’s what’s prolonging negative race relations in America.

Whites are called racists, and there are racists in America — but not to the extent to which is claimed — when they try to be understanding and people don’t like that. So, in order to avoid being called racists, whites quit trying to advance healthy race relationships. This is how I see it.

I know you’ve heard this complaint of the media focusing on and only on white men — specifically white cops — killing black men. The only exception is white women — Karen’s — calling the police on black people both men and women. What is unique with this killing are the protests, it coincided with the anti-lockdown protests at the Michigan capital against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s lockdown laws.

The anti-lockdown protests in Michigan consisted of patriots, mainly white men and to a lesser degree some white women bearing arms and exercising their Constitutional rights to free speech. They were flying the American flag, the Michigan flag, the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, and of course the Confederate Battle flag. Why did somebody feel the need to bring a flag which had nothing to do with the issue at hand? I don’t know. there’s always someone in the crowd. It was fairly peaceful with some yelling going on but still peaceful. The George Floyd protests on the other hand wasn’t so peaceful.

The George Floyd protests were by definition riots. Private property was damaged, police cars were trashed, fires were started, and every thing else associated with rioting took place. In contrast to the anti-lockdown protests the police were called out in riot gear and made who knows how many arrests. Maybe the George Floyd rioters should take a page from the Michigan protestor’s playbook.

Whites are called racists, and there are racists in America when they try to be understanding and people don’t like that.

The media painted peaceful [Michigan] protest as unlawful and in the next breath painted rioting and looting as lawful. This is the obscene double standard which is fairly typical with the media when it comes to protests. The media smears peaceful lockdown protestors while defending rioters and looters. This is one of the reasons the term “fake news” got its start.

There was a common denominator between the riots and looters and the peaceful anti-lockdown protests: white men with guns. Blacks, liberals, and the media can’t stand that. The rioters should steal a page from the anti-lock down protestors, come locked-and-loaded and you will get respect.