In Minneapolis, a petty crime was reported by a store cashier and a black suspect was apprehended. He died while resisting arrest by city police, including a "neck restraint" which was caught on video, and the officers involved were immediately accused of murder. This incident triggered a wave of well-organized protests around the country, accompanied by an orgy of looting and burning in dozens of cities.

In St. Louis, during the "protests", a retired black police captain guarding a pawn shop was gunned down by a gang of black looters who proceeded to pillage the store. The St. Louis police released security camera video showing the perpetrators. The alleged shooter was identified and has since been arrested. How many other "black lives" and black businesses were damaged or destroyed by these "protestors"?

The first story received non-stop media coverage, with vapid "social justice" commentary portraying the victim as some sort of "hero" and cultural archetype. As the city was burning, the liberal Jewish mayor staged a melodramatic performance during a memorial service. They failed to mention that the suspect was a serial felon and drug user, who had recently served 5 years in prison for an armed home invasion robbery. The autopsy report revealed high levels of fentanyl, morphine and meth in his system, which was likely the primary cause of his death. UPDATE: Police bodycam video of the arrest, hidden from the public for two months, clearly shows that the media story was false.

The second story received no media coverage, because it does not fit the agenda. Why is it that a black felon allegedly killed by a white cop is somehow a national tragedy, while an elderly black security guard shot dead by a gang of young black looters isn't even worth a mention? The hypocrisy of the "black lives matter" looters and the communist "anti-fascist" thugs is exceeded only by their liberal sponsors and promoters. Where is the outrage over the hundreds of black murders that occur every week in these Democrat controlled cities? Where is the justice for David Dorn and his family?

For years, gangs of black "youths" in downtown Minneapolis have been attacking, beating and robbing people on the streets. Decades of misguided and ineffective "liberal" policies have created and sustained this dysfunctional subculture. But rather than correcting the root cause of the problem, delusional city leaders are planning to abolish the police department to appease the mob instead. In Seattle, the socialist city leaders have even surrendered parts of the pricey Capitol Hill district to the "protestors". Other political stunts like painting racist slogans on public property and allowing the destruction of historic monuments will not solve these problems.

Conservative blogger Candace Owens has pointed out that black males comprise less than 6% of the US population, and a minority of those are responsible for over 40% of all violent crime. Decent, law-abiding black citizens are the primary victims of this criminal underclass which has been glamorized by the "liberal" media, sponsored by virtue-signalling corporate execs, and enabled by "liberal" policy makers for their own political and financial gain.

UPDATE: As the flames and chaos rose around them, the Chicago city council went into complete meltdown, as this leaked conference call reveals. Incompetent civic policy based on flawed ideology, hypocrisy and corruption set the stage for this "sh*t show", as an alderman describes it. See this racist rant from a Chicago woman upset that some non-black store owners dared to defend their property from the mob.

UPDATE: A black history professor at Univ of California has written a scathing letter denouncing the counter-productive actions of radical protest groups and their hypocritical white supporters, including the suppression of discussion regarding black crime rates and the failures of "liberal" social policies. Here are a few highlights:

"[We] reject a narrative that strips black people of agency and systematically externalizes the problems of the black community onto outsiders... The vast majority of violence visited on the black community is committed by black people. There are virtually no marches for these invisible victims, no public silences, no heartfelt letters from the UC regents, deans, and departmental heads... Black violence is expected and insoluble, while white violence requires explanation and demands solution... No discussion is permitted for non-black victims of black violence...

The American cities with the worst rates of black-on-black violence and police-on-black violence are overwhelmingly Democrat-run... The patronizing and condescending attitudes of Democrat leaders towards the black community...all but guarantee a perpetual state of misery, resentment, poverty, and the attendant grievance politics which are simultaneously annihilating American political discourse and black lives...

-- From the Open letter on black crime

UPDATE: See the documentary "Seattle is Dying" showing how "liberal" policy makers have allowed the city to be overrun by vagrants, drug users, and violent felons while mouthing platitudes of "tolerance" and "diversity". The delusional fantasy world of the socialist demagogues and their juvenile groupies is based on false premises. Two young blacks have already been shot and killed in their lawless, trashed out Seattle "protest" zone. Time to grow up, get real, and take back our cities!

UPDATE: The "limousine liberal" mayor of Seattle finally decided to allow the police to restore order -- after the socialist mob showed up outside her $7 million dollar house, disturbing her placid neighborhood with their threats and demands.

UPDATE: Here's a detailed summary of black violent crime rates using FBI data, with charts. Black men ages 15 to 35 commit 20 times as many murders than white men of the same age. See "The Demographics of American Murder"