Gonzo journalist and filmmaker Ami Horowitz interviewed several people who were attending the memorial to get their take on things like… burning the city down and using violence against white people. Their responses will surprise no one.
I went to the George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis to speak with protesters. pic.twitter.com/G3zBJjAPDo
— Ami Horowitz (@AmiHorowitz) April 20, 2021
“Burn the whole city down, what does it matter?” one of the women asked. “I say burn the city down, y’know? So they can see that we’re here,” another woman asserted.
Some other reactions by the protestors were as follows:
“Start killing all the white folks”. https://t.co/6ZNMBJRhB8
— THE Velvet (@TMIWITW) April 20, 2021
Ami. First, I love your work.
But there’s a question that I wish you would have asked and hopefully will in the future:
”Why are you blaming white people for everything and not the politicians that have been in charge of the city and state for the last 50 years?”
— David St Hubbins 🎸 🇺🇸 (@freedomisnojoke) April 20, 2021
Wow…great work Ami. The answers are mind blowing.
As I once said "It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell."
— Sherman (@_s75w) April 20, 2021
The master plan of “divide and conquer” is working. Politicians pitting people against people is evil.
— RF Wells (@LexRobDog) April 20, 2021
One of the women said that she believed that “thousands” of unarmed black men were killed last year in the United States — the number is actually 18.
They all also seemed to agree that there is a “genocide” happening to African Americans — and “anyone who isn’t white.”
When asked about a second Civil War, one young woman said “if that’s what it takes, then we have to do it.” Another responded, “If that’s what it takes, then I believe so.”