Like all
right minded people, I was sickened, horrified and appalled at the slow,
deliberate and brutal death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police
Officers.
As we all are painfully aware this
gruesome incident sparked fierce protests not only in America but across the
globe including in the UK demanding change and justice for Mr Floyd and his
family.
I thought for one glorious moment
that this would be the tipping point where all people from different economic
backgrounds, races and political affiliations would have coalesced together
under one banner to fight for genuine change. The Black Lives Matter (BLM)
movement would be at the forefront of this peaceful revolution.
However, what we have witnessed
over the weeks is looting, burning and ransacking of businesses (many of them
black owned) across the United States. The looters and arsonists do not care
one iota about the death of George Floyd but saw this as an opportunity to fill
their own pockets. Similarly, in London the protests have turned to violence
where a significant minority have fought with police and insulted black police
officers as 'race traitors'.
As soon as the first brick was
thrown, the first window pane smashed and the first business set alight the
cause was irrevocably lost. These actions repulse and scare the pants of the silent
majority of Americans who will go to the polling stations in November and vote
in huge numbers to re-elect the self-styled law and order candidate, President
Trump.
It should not have come to this.
The BLM had the sympathy of the world behind them, but allowing themselves to
be hijacked by extremists and advocating to defund the police, the movement
along with Joe Biden and the Democratic Party have clutched defeat from the
gaping jaws of victory. President Trump could not have hoped for a better
outcome even if he meticulously planned it himself.
