When I was a six year old, my grandfather who was teaching me to ride a bike, gave me some wise advice “Don’t look at the wheel in front of you – look into the distance”. That was not just good advice for someone learning to ride a bike, it was very good life advice, for which it could have been a metaphor.<\/p>\n
Following the death of a black citizen – George Floyd- who died earlier this week, on the pavement, while being brutally put into police custody, we all felt repulsed and angry. The horrible scene was the catalyst of a mass response – and rightly so, by people of all races, regardless of their colour. I have seen outraged people on social media baying for the blood of that murderous policeman – Derek Chauvin – who has at last<\/em> been charged with THIRD-degree murder and manslaughter. If you or I had carried out such a brutal act in front of all those witnesses and video filmed it to boot, I think the charge would be at least murder in the first degree as they call it over there.<\/span><\/p>\n The Twin Cities have had three nights of protests with buildings, including a police precinct and a library, being set ablaze. Dozens of businesses have been destroyed in recent nights, and the violence has spread to cities beyond Minnesota. So a just and righteous outburst against police brutality and racial hate? I’m not so sure. There could be a lot more to this than meets the eye, because, what we’ve all done as a spontaneous response, is to stare at the bicycle wheel – rather than the distance.<\/p>\nCheck out this video to see what I mean:<\/h2>\n