[[President Donald Trump]] enjoyed the support of 40% of [[African American]]s in the [[2020 presidential election]].<ref>https://www.oann.com/poll-40-of-likely-black-voters-approve-of-president-trump/</ref> The [[DNC]], [[liberal media]], and white violent [[far-Left]] [[Marxist]]s sowed civil discontent and [[riot]]s in an attempt to unify [[Black]]s and keep them on the [[Democrat plantation]] by stirring up anti-[[police]] hatred.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/05/antifa-national-mobilization-riots-across-country-raise-questions-about-coordination/</ref>
In the days following the death of [[George Floyd]], a black man taken into Minneapolis custody for passing counterfeit currency, [[Antifa]] and other like-minded [[socialist]]/[[Marxist]] groups sparked a week long nationwide insurrection of riots, looting, destruction of homes, businesses and jobs, community services, beatings, and [[murder]] across the [[United States]]. Police officers were specifically targeted.<ref>https://www.lifezette.com/2020/06/police-officers-all-over-the-country-targeted-for-murder-by-antifa-rioters/</ref> Only the most [[bigot]]ed racists would blame Blacks for the violence and murders that white liberal socialists brought upon America. After the defunding a Minneapolis television anchor waiting for a train was struck so hard in the head with a brick that he went partially blind, assaulted by a man with a lengthy arrest record who was enraged because he “perceived that victim was [[homosexual]],” as the police report put it. In neighboring St. Paul, a 21-year-old [[transgender]] resident was nearly stomped to death by a mob of a dozen men and a few women in a convenience store after a minor traffic incident.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2021/03/08/minneapolis-is-a-nice-city-no-longer/?amp</ref>
On the heels of record job growth as America re-opened from [[coronavirus]] lockdowns,<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/06/05/after-months-of-bad-news-americas-working-again-a-record-setting-25-million-jobs-were-added-in-may/#251bbd0677e9</ref> Democrats wanted to send signals to investors and job creators with threats of more lawlessness.