A few days ago, a black man named George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for eight minutes. Despite pleading "I can't breathe," and bystanders trying to intervene after he stopped responding, the officer would not release the restraint. Floyd's crime? A counterfeit $20 bill.
     Now, the entire world has erupted in angry response.  First, it was peaceful protests, but then it evolved into violent riots that forced the National Guard to get involved.  In Minneapolis, five-story buildings burned. In SLC, a cop car was flipped over and burned and a man with a bow was shooting arrows in the open before other people knocked him over with their skateboards.  Targets nationwide closed their doors after a looting, and countless other businesses--big and small--have suffered smashed windows, theft and other devastation.  My dad's friend is sleeping in his dental office because the business next door was vandalized. In Washington D.C., fifty Secret Service agents were injured in riots that sent President Trump to his bunker, flags were desecrated, and St. John's church was reduced to ashes. People have rammed their cars into police officers, putting one in critical condition, and in another city a journalist went blind in one eye from a rubber bullet fired by officers trying to control the crowds. Many cities and even whole states, including Arizona, have issued 8:00 curfews.
     Last night the Orem PD sent out this message: