Trigger

 What happened to George Floyd, was egregiously deplorable, despicable, and beyond the pale of any reasonable notion of law enforcement.

 Kneeling on the neck of a prone, handcuffed prisoner is completely reprehensible. People are angry. Americans are angry.  And that includes every one of us, of every complexion. Being suspected of passing a counterfeit $20 bill is so trivial an offense that it boggles the mind that it could possibly cost someone his life. 

 The three other officers that stood idly by while Mr. Floyd begged for his life are IMNHO equally culpable, and disgrace the tens of thousands of honest, upright police officers who carry out their duties dispassionately, equitably, fairly, and professionally. (disclaimer: yes I'm a lifelong friend and associate of numerous cops. I simply can't imagine any of them perpetrating this atrocity.)  

 That being said, what we are seeing in our streets should come as no surprise. Many of us have seen it coming. The only question was from where? 

 Government has been kneeling on all our necks since long before the middle of March. 

 Would the reaction come from the right? Those thousands of us telling autocratic governors to bugger off? From businesses determined that they had to open, or die?  From workers who refused to be restrained by the risks others weren't willing to take? Or from the vast majority of us who deny the right of anyone to dictate our behavior?

 Mr. Floyd, God rest his soul, was only the trigger. He will go down in history along with Crispus Attucks, as being the innocent bystander who ignited a new revolution.