For the sake of trying something different and novel, I attended what I suppose one would frame as a "Black Lives Matter", or "Anti-Police" rally, in a small suburb of Minneapolis, in my home state. Very recently, a man was shot there after he twice ran at police trying to stab them with a knife-- you can see a citizen recording of the incident here.

In the spite of the fact that it appears the police not only did nothing wrong, but were probably too lenient-- personally, I would have shot the guy the first time he tried to stab me-- it brought out organized protestors. I missed the very first portion of the protests, but managed to record the rest.

You can watch my entire coverage here.

The video is broken into three segments: the first section took place at an intersection a few blocks from the police station; the second short segment was me asking a question of a guy who was directing traffic-- and not particularly well, at that; the third part took place at the police station itself.

Some observations of my own:

• The megaphone lady was very careful to reiterate numerous times that all lives matter: the skin color of the victim is irrelevant.


• In the very next breath though, she condemned any and all criticism of her positions as people speaking from a position of "privilege" based on their skin color, even though she has no clue what personal experiences the people there have had.


• That contrast set the tone for the entire event: a mix of liberalism-- "[individual] cops who commit unnecessary violence need to be held accountable" with collectivistic rhetoric, like "it's white people in the suburbs who are the problem!"


• The "guest" speakers followed the same pattern: one speaker represented people with disabilities, where the police wind up beating people who don't understand and can't respond to the directions. That's a good thing about which to raise awareness.


• But then the next "guest" speaker told the audience that somehow blacks were owed "reparations" for the War on Drugs-- even though I personally know many white people who have been hauled away for minor drug possession.


• The excerpt read from the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" sounds an awful lot like my criticism of Republicans, and I found it extraordinarily relatable: in my case, sitting around "waiting for the next election" is a ridiculous notion, when it's obvious more "direct action" needs to be taken; the Left are certainly not going to sit idle.


• Lots of "victim" names were enumerated. I'm not familiar with them, but I've seen so many B.S. high profile cases-- Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and George Floyd-- that I'm suspicious. I'd guess the list is a mix of valid and invalid examples of police brutality.


• I conducted a quasi-interview of a so-called "counter protestor", which you can hear at the 31:15 mark. The man with her-- husband?-- was the biggest cuck I've ever encountered.


• The snide language and rhetoric directed towards the "counter protestors" from megaphone lady were interesting to observe, considering-- as I found out-- the "counter protestor's" position was essentially inches away from megaphone lady's: they hardly disagreed!


• There was an Antifa-looking guy who told the "counter protestor" that he was going to "fuck her mother", to which she made a retort. As soon as I turned my camera on the guy, he backed down from the counter-retort he was about to make-- seemingly out of embarrassment at being filmed in the act!


• In the spirit of trying a journalistic approach, I adopted a conversational, neutral tone with everyone, and just tried to capture the facts and essence of the event. I found it to be phenomenally enjoyable: maybe a career change is in order.