Pete and Kelli’s social distance day 75
31st May 2020
There were protest riots in Grand Rapids last night, the downtown area became a battlefield. Most businesses experienced some damage with a number of police vehicles set alight.
Across the country there were identical protests against the police murder of George Floyd.
I see the evil side of this country, the people paid to protect the citizens are the ones who can kill without remorse. It is no wonder that the only recourse people have is to riot. I watched a YouTube video by Trevor Noah who is the host of the Daily show, which is a comic look at the news. However he set aside the jokes, and spoke from his heart. It captured the essence of the problem, he should know having being brought up in South Africa during Apartheid.
The video is entitled “George Floyd and the dominos of racial injustice”, it sums up the issues so well, it begs the question, Why don’t politicians talk like this?
Kelli had so images sent to her by a friend of the carnage, and Greer, Kelli’s daughter, who now lives in Grand Rapids was giving us an up-to-the-minute report of the situation.
Many have opinions, I don’t condone the looting and the vandalism, I understand, the establishment has let the people down, and this is the only voice they have, it’s a sad day.
I used the day to trim the edges of the grass that the mower cannot reach, and some small jobs on a dresser re-build. I noticed that some new grass I had spread started to come through, which made me happy, and gave me some encouragement to seed more bare areas.
Another Lifetime to go 