US experts saw the US protests over the killing of George Floyd of African descent as a result of police violence in Minnesota, an uprising against President Donald Trump and his incitement to violence.
Experts blamed the deteriorating conditions in the country for the president's personality, which does not take into account institutions, values and ideologies, and puts the country in a devastating political crisis, according to their description.
They also considered that the organizational structure of the American police establishment since its foundation in the late eighteenth century, and its practices after the civil war in the 1960s, are part of the old and renewed racist problem against blacks.
Timothy McCarthy, professor of public administration at Harvard University, said that American society is currently facing multiple crises.
"Floyd's killing by the police was like the hair that broke the camel's back and the spark that sparked the protests," he added.
Narcissistic personality
McCarthy pointed out that Trump's fluctuating position on the killing of Floyd and his narcissistic personality, and his reluctance to show sympathy for the African American citizen, all fueled the situation of congestion.
The professor described the Trump administration as a system that "puts the country in a devastating political crisis," noting that the outbreak of Corona virus and discrimination suffered by blacks have deepened the political crises that plague the country.
McCarthy stressed that the United States is witnessing a period in which old and renewed crises are surfacing, especially that discrimination against blacks is the most prominent "old problem" that society suffers from, as he put it.
He stated that racism and violence in police stations in the United States have already existed since the establishment of the state.
However, "the creation of the Internal Security Forces (police) in the country in the late eighteenth century coincided with the abolition of slavery in the northern provinces and its continuation in the southern provinces."
He pointed out that the police during that period were arresting slaves who had fled from the south to the northern governorates, and that the organizational structure of the American police still belonged to that era.
McCarthy recalled that law enforcement in the United States, from the American Civil War in the 1860s to civil rights movements in the 1860s, was used in various ways to pressure black citizens.
"In the United States, there is no single day where discrimination against citizens of African descent is committed by the police and government and judicial institutions," he said.
Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina University, Stephen Ferguson, McCarthy agreed that "police violence is mainly caused by the structure of this American institution."
Ferguson pointed out that the police unions and other pro-arms organizations and groups did not allow a fundamental change that would put an end to this violence from the police establishment.
He pointed out that 98% of the police officers involved in armed attacks in the country were not punished, and that the problem is not only related to the behavior of the police, but rather to the organizational structure of this institution.
McCarthy mentioned that some whites play an effective role also in combating discrimination, stressing the possibility of changing the bad reality in the United States through the joining of a sufficient number of citizens, noting that civil rights movements today differ from their counterparts in the past.
He explained that sharing all the details of events and protest demonstrations through social media platforms contributed to communicating citizens' demands for change.
McCarthy pointed out that the world was watching Floyd be killed and tortured for nine minutes through photos taken on a mobile phone.
He emphasized that he had seen the pictures at least twenty times, and that those images made a great difference in communicating the truth of what happened, and that it was necessary to work hard to turn the protests into an anti-discrimination movement.
He commented on the continuing protests, "This is a cry of pain that expresses the fear, anxiety and shock of American citizens and calls on the state to do something."
The worst bosses
McCarthy also criticized Trump's handling of the events, describing him as "one of the worst presidents in US history."
McCarthy accused Trump of being a personality that destroys institutions, values, ideologies and even emotions.
"Trump is the antithesis of all universal values such as freedom, freedom of expression, equality and human rights ... and his mentality encouraged white racists in the United States," he added.
"We are now in a state of war between the angels of our nation and its demons. The uprising in the American street is against President Donald Trump in the first place," he stressed.
For his part, Ferguson reiterated that the protests that have been going on for more than ten days in the United States may be a step towards change.
He stressed that it was difficult to change during the Trump administration, due to the latter's "anarchic and lack of political will" policies, as well as that "he does not have a clear reform policy."