Streets on fire: A protester posing in front of a burning car during the riots in Minneapolis on May 29. — AFP
THE riots in the city of Minneapolis and across the nation could not have happened at a worse time for US elites.
While incidents of violence perpetrated against African-Americans by white police officers have happened a number of times before, this occurrence right in the midst of a huge health emergency that has already claimed more than a 100,000 lives and a related economic disaster that has robbed 30 million people of their jobs, is truly unprecedented.
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