Yesterday I watched from my parked car as a policeman in a cruiser detained an apparant exhausted and homeless black man with a single black garbage bag and called for back up of two more larger police vehicles. There was no search or abuse that I saw but there was the appearance of fear by the police. Even a firetruck showed up but soon left the scene. It feels like things are on a hair trigger but that may be just me. Perhaps they were just delivering humanitarian help.
In case you didn't know, the police can now call paramedics to administer 500 mg of Ketamine to suspects. It has been fatal to small people but only renders larger people unconscious.
Things are moving/changing just slow enough that Americans seem to be getting used to it. It remains that Trump is the only one calling balls and strikes be it about violence or the pandemic. I believe I am learning to fear the police. I used to know the police and have seen their 'throw down' weapons stored above their visor to claim there was danger AFTER A SHOOTING.
The homeless are about to double in number as evictions are becoming legal again despite the pandemic if one can not pay the rent. Is it possible there will be an open season on the homeless or just a certain color of homeless?