A riot is the language of the unheardWhen you are oppressed there is no acceptable way to fight against your oppression. Donald Trump reacted by promising bloody reprisal, tweeting: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Others have reacted with hand-wringing. There have been a lot of cries that “violence is never the answer!” and “rioting is counter-productive!”But if violent unrest isn’t the answer then what is? How exactly do you go about ending police brutality and systemic racism in America? Which raises the question: if violence is never the answer, then why does America spend so much money on it?

Source: The Guardian May 30, 2020 12:56 UTC