San Jose instituted a curfew for the next week like a lot of California cities. I live near a hospital that is the only level 1 trauma center in the area so I'm used to hearing sirens at night but it was constant last night as well as the sound of a helicopter overhead.
Obviously, the issues with police culture towards minorities has been around forever but I think the paralysis/apathy of the government in dealing with the pandemic and economic situation is what's making everything boil over. I'll say that not all police departments or state/local governments are equally bad but the point is that once public trust is extinguished, you can't move past it. That's the good news.
Also, does anyone feel like this is sort of like the Occupy protests ten years ago but better organized and taken more seriously? The only reason I can imagine is that because of Trump, there's a clearer enemy.
