Editor, Times-Union:
Somehow the recent unrest in Minneapolis brings me back to a similar event that occurred in the same city almost six years ago.
At that time, the riots were about the death of a criminal felon, drug user and general public nuisance named George Floyd. He suffered cardiac arrest during his encounter with the Minneapolis Police apprehension while he was passing counterfeit 20 bills around the neighborhood.
The episode went viral and the mainstream media once again did their part to stoke the frenzy and insight anti-police hatred. When the smoke cleared after the months of riots across the U.S. over $3 billion of damage and 12 people died, not by the hands of law enforcement but by the rioters! What really has me scratching my head is that the city spent taxpayers’ money in the creation of “George Floyd Square” complete witha monument and large mural. Why we didn’t erect a statue commemorating John Wayne Gacy in Chicago ... I’ll never know.
During the riots that summer numerous statues of famous historical figures were torn down by rioters, but old George, well, he’s the type of guy they admire in the land of 10,000 lakes.
Today the same paid protestors, communist groups and anarchists have again descended upon Minneapolis in an attempt to recreate the world class rioting and chaos they unleashed back in 2020.
Only now they’re not pushing around a badly-depleted, and underfunded police department, they’re messing around with the Feds! The well-funded and organized protesters are also trained in civil disobedience and ways to impede I.C.E. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The training for this domestic chaos is believed to be conducted by a group called “ICE Watch,” who in turn is supported by a Communist organization. Where do they get their money you might ask, well it comes from federal and state tax dollars which are supposed to go to some program but flows through a maze of NGOs (Non Governmental Offices). Yes, that’s right, you and I are funding the anarchist.
There are two reasons this insanity reigns in Minnesota and in blue states across this country. First, they protect the illegal aliens, this is the long game for the Democrat Party. They hope the illegals will be counted in the next census boosting the population they’re losing today by the migration of citizens which have left states because of high taxes. The second reason is to cause as much chaos in America between now and the mid-term elections that they won’t need to campaign on their ideas, they don’t have any, so they will just fear monger the electorate and try to convince everyone how bad Trump is, who is not on the ballot. This mayhem should be familiar to you, it happens every two years about eight months before an election.
Gerald Roach
Warsaw
