Unjustifiable police violence against one man was documented on video. This enabled the issue to spread. Protest, first local then nationwide and even internationally, followed. The police reacted to it with more unjustifiable police violence. This was again documented on video – one collection of these now has 282 entries – and spread further.That the police and Trump lost their arguments unfortunately does not mean that anything within the U.S. will change. […] What has changed is the public image of the U.S. throughout the world. Years of careful branding and propaganda have been put to waste.
The current economic situation makes it certain that the civil war continues. The next round is likely to be more violent. The empire is sinking in front of our eyes. (moonofalabama.org)