USA Riots: Why I Agree

Not going to be a popular view with many people who I would normally agree with, however here is my reasoning why I agree with the riots going on in the USA.

In the past 10 years there have been so many innocent black people killed by police officers for no apparent reason.

1. Sandra Bland was arrested in 2015 for a broken tail light, which in the grand scheme of things is not a reason to arrest anyone. She was taken in, and a few hours later found dead in her cell by hanging. There are a lot of speculation as to whether she actually killed herself, or that she was dead when her mug shot was taken.

Let's all agree there was no reason to arrest her. Yes she had a broken tail light, and no she wasn't being rude, or attacking the arresting police officer, yet for some reason he still took her in. There is a video you can go and watch here.

2. Eric Garner was arrested for the possible possession of drugs. He didn't have any. He was killed by strangulation. He told the officer, who had unnecessarily got Eric in to an extremely tight headlock. In the video you can here Eric tell the officer "I can't breathe." The officer didn't let up, and Eric died for no reason.

Again he wasn't resisting arrest, he wasn't challenging the officers in anyway, and yet he was killed. You can watch it here.

3. Walter Scott, just like Sandra Bland, was pulled over for a broken tail light. Walter was shot at 8 times, of which 5 hit him. Walter himself was unarmed.

There was no reason to kill him. He was not a threat. It was a broken light.

4. George Floyd, just like Eric Garner, was suffocated because the police officer kneeled on his neck, and just like Eric Garner, he told him multiple times that he couldn't breathe. The police officer ignored and killed George, again for not good reason.


Now there have been spates of riots in different US cities such as Minnesota, Minneapolis (where George was murdered), Atlanta, and Detroit.

Of course I am sure there are many, many more where innocent black people have been either killed, or maimed by US Police Officers.

Now I am not someone who agrees with rioting lightly.

However, the murders of people just because of there skin colour does deserve to have anger. I am angry that there are white people who think they're above someone else just because of skin pigmentation. It's shameful, ridiculous and downright stupid.

I am agreeing with the rioting because sometimes you have to take extreme measures in order to get heard.

Barack Obama was president for three of the murders mentioned above, as we all know, Barack Obama is a black man. He did NOTHING.

President Trump has, and most likely, will do NOTHING.

They will do nothing, if people aren't shown to be angry, because politicians have this wonderful way of ignoring the will of the people, the people who put them into the position in first place.

I hope this will make Trump listen to people's anger. Listen to the fact that there IS a racist problem within the USA from those with the slightest bit of power, and someone who just happens to be black.

If no-one listens, and these murders carry on, these riots are only going to get worse. Listen, learn, and do something about it. Otherwise, Trump and whoever follows him, they will be the ones with blood on their hands, not the rioters, the politicians.