The United States lives what is perhaps its worst nightmare in modern history. In addition to adding more than 100,000 coronavirus deaths, the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis has been the trigger for an unexpected and growing social protest, something seen only in poor countries.
As they tried to calm the waters in Minneapolis last night, with the capture of now-former police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of Floyd, Atlanta in Georgia and Portland in Oregon were new epicenters of protests, violence and looting.
“As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty US military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George” was reported on social networks.
“Yes, Mr. President Trump, this nonsense of the left mobs has come to expedite end, we are a civil nation, abiding by the LAW, no more wimps like Minnesota’s governor, we need some one with Balls”, said another text in networks.
The United States thus reaches one of its most tense weekends, as the dangerous combination of coronaviruses with street protests, looting and attacks on the police, thin the pre-electoral environment, just when President Donald Trump has also declared open wars against @Twitter , @WHO and China.
Many fronts at once. Can @RealDonaldTrump with everything ?