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The victim, George Floyd, and the former police officer, Derek Chauvin, now accused of third degree murder, almost certainly knew each other prior to this tragedy, both working as security at the El Nuevo Rodeo nightclub at the same time for at least a year. One worked inside security and the other worked outside security. The chances of them working for the same nightclub together for so long and not knowing each other are as slim as a snowstorm in the Sahara.
I am sure that the nature of their relationship at this nightclub will be further explored in the weeks that follow, although whether or not it is widely reported depends on how much the irresponsible U.S. media wants to paint this as simply a case of "racism against blacks by whites."
This also brings me to the fact that while Derek is "white," two of the other three police officer involved, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, are of Asian American ancestry. As for the fourth officer, Thomas Lane was a police cadet, only having joined the force in 2019, and clearly not making judgment calls in this incident. So for any media outlet to paint this as a case of black versus white racism, I accuse as "false."
As for the second point, protests across U.S. cities are being highly coordinated by the group known as Antifa. Taking advantage of the powder keg situation of both COVID-19 lock-down frustrations and future worries about economic uncertainties, this group has been identified by genuine local community leaders as outsiders, who are also leading the rallying calls of public destruction and looting.
For those unaware of the roots of Antifa, I will try to make it as simple as possible. They sprang from a group, Refuse Fascism, formed weeks after the election of Trump in 2016. They are linked with the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. Funding for Refuse Fascism has been traced back to the Alliance for Global Justice, which received a documented $100,000 from George Soros via his Open Society Institute.
Antifa has had many practice runs of creating chaos and fanning the flames of riots over the past several years. In direct contrast to their name, which is supposed to be rooted in "anti-fascism," they are quite violent in practices and very intolerant of any viewpoints running counter to their radical ideology. Back in March of this year, Antifa members vowed to carry out violence during the COVID-19 lock-down. And now it has come to pass.
So don't be fooled by any oversimplification of what is currently happening in the U.S.
The author (razoripress@yahoo.com), currently teaching at Dongseo University, is also a freelance writer and avid traveler, who has visited 104 countries to date.
