The outbreaks of violence, unfair statements by the police, and belittling the issue, not to mention the deteriorating health and economic situation that afflicts blacks in America, and the punishment of ethnic events in the country; To the outbreak of the Minneapolis events.

Writer Philip Boulet-Gercourt said - in a report with the French newspaper The Lopes - that during the previous period, protests erupted in the spring, a few months before the presidential election, as buildings were burned, shops were looted, and protesters beaten; This was in April 1968, a day after Martin Luther King was killed, as a series of riots erupted in 110 cities. American history does not repeat itself, but literally stutter. In May 2020, a day after a black man was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, a series of riots took a national turn.

The author raises questions about the reason for the outbreak of these events at this particular time, and in this city and not others; Most of the time, spontaneous anger spells some mystery, but for Minneapolis all the factors intersect to spark the wrath of the city.

Juvenile violence
The writer describes the facts in which a video of Derek Schofen, secondly, showed his knee and pressed him to the neck of George Floyd, who was crying out: "I can't breathe!" Or "They'll Kill Me!", And it takes four minutes for Floyd to breathe his last. The nature of the maneuver is the first matchstick, or the first factor that made the situation worse. For this maneuver, which is to completely paralyze the neck from the back, affecting the trachea, the author explains that she is not studying at any police academy. This prompted US President Donald Trump to request a "full report" on the incident.

The security forces lied
that the second factor that fueled the anger of the black population was the police attempt to cover up the incident and falsify the facts. The police report says Floyd "resisted arrest physically", which is what the video explicitly denies; This factor has led to a loss of confidence in legal institutions based on democracy, especially since in many cases the police officers who commit such abuses end up leaving a sense of betrayal and lack of justice.

Underestimating the importance of the event
The writer lists a third factor related to the foregoing, which is the underestimation of the incident and evading responsibility, as the Minneapolis Local Police Union expressed its "full support" for the accused police officers, declaring that "the time is not appropriate for rushing to judgment and issuing sentences to officers The police immediately. " The public prosecutor has also stated that he has other evidence in favor of the police officer, which has fueled outrage.

Repeat racist incidents against blacks
The author says the fourth factor is summed up by a series of numerous serious racist incidents that have been renewed within a few weeks. The first was the murder of runner Ahmed Arbiri in Georgia on February 23, by two white people, who were arrested only 74 days after their arrest. The video, which summarized the incident, shook the whole world, explaining the police’s cover-up and its relaxation in revealing the truth.

The writer mentioned another incident that is less dangerous, but no less important, and that is the incident of the white woman from Central Park who calls the police because "an African American man" - as she put it - was threatening her. The arrogance practiced by the white majority affects thousands of blacks , Where they are treated as second-class citizens.

The absence of police reform
The writer notes that the fifth factor that made matters worse is the failure of police reforms in Minneapolis, which has a black population of 20%, where he announced a reform since 2015 without its application, and the authorities did not resort to restraining offending officers, along the lines of Derek Chauven who killed Floyd. He was involved in at least three incidents in the past six years, and dozens of complaints were filed against him without being pursued.

Fragility of the economic and health system of blacks
A sixth factor behind the outbreak of these protests is the economic and health situation of blacks, especially those affected by the Covid 19-pandemic. African Americans were the poorest and most affected by disease-related factors (40% of them suffered from high blood pressure), and were more vulnerable to abuse, not to mention that they represented about 23% of the hundred thousand people who died due to the emerging Corona virus, knowing that African Americans represented 13% Only from the population.

However, this disparity was not only at the level of statistics, but also resulted in the promotion of the racial stereotype in the country. For many eggs, Covid-19 became a "black-skin disease" (just as "AIDS was associated with gays"). In economic terms, black people are the most affected, besides Hispanics (Latin Americans), where the unemployment rate among them reaches 17%.

But could all of these factors be the cause of massive protests? In 1993 the release of police officers who brutally beat Rodney King led to riots and violence, which in turn resulted in the deaths of 63 people and ended six days later.

The same scenario was repeated in the riots that broke out in Watts (Los Angeles) in 1965. The different factor this time is the anger of African-American society, because the demonstrations erupted in an electoral context charged with racism by a president who intended to make these elections a duel between those who wanted He made America once again amazed (i.e. white), and the Democrats who became the protagonists of minorities, diversity and "political righteousness", at the expense of whites.

The author concluded by saying that when Trump published a tweet describing the protesters as "thugs", he threatened to respond to the looting with weapons; It takes a great risk.