Terrifying

I am indescribably sad and I do not know what the answer is. 

Even in our peaceful little Midwest town the police tend to bully. I, an older, white woman was stopped a couple of years ago and baited by a young white policeman who ultimately had no reason to charge me with anything and therefore did not. But . . .  I found myself feeling very angry and unjustly treated and had I been a young male might have responded differently. No matter what this man asked and no matter how I correctly answered his questions, he found a nasty way to respond. An example is: "Do you have insurance?" I did and showed him my current card, then he nastily responded. "You do realize that expires in two months? Are you going to renew it?" I said they had renewed it every year for forty some years, so I saw no reason they would not do it again. This was as nasty as I got and I said it sweetly, old lady style.

Now, our town, which had two peaceful protests in two days, had looting overnight. In the news it appears Targets all over the country were looted. this seems pretty organized to me. I wonder if the looters are even from our city? 

I was thinking if we only had a real president, a real leader, but Bestest pointed out our president does lead: the white supremist groups, the white collar criminals, the people who have nothing to gain by being good people.

Our country handles almost everything in the worst way possible from health issues, to foreign affairs, to simple common decency and our president loves this. He sits up there like a head bobbing potentate giggling and twittering with the vocabulary of a disabled eight year old, full of bluster, but not bluff, because -- well because he is the president of the United States of America. He has power!

Terrifying.