The Terrifying Collapse of The Rule of Law Across The Country
Savagery is spreading with lightning speed across the United States, with murderous assaults on police officers and civilians and the ecstatic annihilation of businesses and symbols of the state. Welcome to a real civilization-destroying pandemic, one that makes the recent saccharine exhortations to stay safe and the deployment of police officers to enforce outdoor mask-wearing seem like decadent bagatelles.
This particular form of viral chaos was inevitable, given the failure of Minneapolis s leaders to quell the city s growing mayhem. The violence began on Tuesday, May 26, the day after the horrifying arrest and subsequent death of George Floyd. On the night of Thursday, May 28, Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey ordered the city s Third Police Precinct evacuated as the forces of hatred, distinct from legitimate forms of protest, descended upon it for a third day in a row. The building was promptly torched, sending a powerful sign that society would not defend its most fundamental institutions of law and order.
Jeez, Heather, relax a bit already. It could get terrifying, sure, but it’s not terrifying yet. Maybe you just need to move out of NYC. The 7 pm curfew here in SD just meant we had to get our pizza order ready to go earlier than usual. Things could get bad but they’re not so bad yet. There are always plenty of opportunistic thugs around ready to loot. The 1970s were way worse as I’m sure you remember.