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The Trigger

George Floyd's death surely pulled the trigger
On a rewrite of traditional American history --
Today's events, being part of a pitched battle
  ~ so very much bigger

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Freddie Robinson Jr.

July 13, 2020 at 9:45 AM

Amen, brother G! Keep bringing the love and knowledge. May your soul prosper with love never ending.

Gershon Wolf

July 13, 2020 at 4:21 PM

Thanks for the love, brother Fred. Joy and Light, Gershon

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

July 12, 2020 at 8:19 PM

Very true...I'm not sure where we're going as a country, but the United States doesn't feel so united these days. Rhonda xx

Gershon Wolf

July 13, 2020 at 4:14 PM

That's for sure! (That the United States) doesn't feel so united! I'd say that we're as divided as I ever remember us, and that includes the extremely divisive years of protests against the Vietnam War. We're in a rough patch, that's for sure... Thanks, Rhonda! :) Gershon

Jennifer Proxenos

July 12, 2020 at 1:13 PM

People are unique but that isn't always a compliment, George Floyd's killer was a uniquely bad person who did a uniquely vert bad thing - he put his knee on a man's throat so he couldn't breath, did he want him to die, than he was more than uniquely bad he was just evil! Blessings my friend, Jennifer.

Gershon Wolf

July 12, 2020 at 4:22 PM

True -- The face of Evil unmasked. (He wasn't wearing his, was he?). Thanks, Jennifer

Kim Rodrigues

July 12, 2020 at 11:52 AM

So true! The concentrated anger that came from that evil act!

Gershon Wolf

July 12, 2020 at 4:23 PM

That's right. The anger is not subsiding either. :) gw

Caren Krutsinger

July 12, 2020 at 2:00 AM

So very very very very very very much bigger. What I cannot figure out is - when people are filming and begging you to get your knee off a human being's neck, and you know you are going to be featured in a video, why would you keep doing it? That was the part that seemed overall strange to me. SO sad and so strange.

Gershon Wolf

July 12, 2020 at 4:24 PM

I agree with you... Perhaps the officer just felt invincible, or else he was inflamed with anger/hatred, that he just 'damned the consequences' and proceeded full speed ahead. ~ gw