I've been watching livestreams of the protests... BLM has some good points about police reforms. Like, I'd be scared of the police too if they deployed a blackhawk helicopter every time I J-walked.... Illustrative exaggerations aside, it really just makes sense to not send armed thugs every time some yuppie stubs their ego on what turns out to be nothing. We need different response units for different situations, because it's hard to feel you're an equal citizen when the cops have got guns in your face after the alleged use of counterfeit bills, or what have you... long story short, only violent crimes need potentially violent responders, and those need to be accompanied by negotiators trained in DE-escalation.... not the opposite of that...
Sorry, I meant for that to be a shorter side note and to get back to the weather. >__>