… After George Floyd’s murder on May 25th, there was righteous anger across the political spectrum and not very many answers. The Left attributed the problem to systemic racism and many in both the middle and the Right agreed the problem must be addressed. …
Witness the CNN poll (June 2–5, 2020) of adults released just two weeks after Floyd’s murder. … Very few Americans believed that racism wasn’t a problem at all when this poll was completed, even Republicans. …
What Americans did not justify, however, are the violent protests that occurred in this short timeframe after Floyd’s murder. Again, this poll was taken in early June and that is important context for this entire article. CONT.
Trevor Smith & Chris Wilson, WPA Intelligence