We’re on our third day of protests downtown; county emergency management is advising avoiding the downtown area.
I can sort of understand throwing rocks at the state house, city hall, police HQ -- I don’t approve of the violence, but that seems to me to be political action more than just destruction for destruction’s sake, and Bob knows there’s sufficient reason for the rage.
I do not understand busting up theaters and shops that just happen to be there. At a minimum, that’s counterproductive; I can sympathize to some degree with an attack on the places of power. I cannot sympathize with the destruction of a historic theater, a convenience store, a restaurant.
Things are more peaceful today -- but yesterday, our congresswoman, one of our county commissioners and our president of City Council got pepper-sprayed. And yes, they are all three African-American.
And just ten minutes ago, they have announced a curfew from 10pm to 6am until further notice and activated the state National Guard to deal with the protests.
This is why “May you live in interesting times” is a curse.