When the DA announced they were not charging the police officer, CNN had the story take up their entire homepage. So far the demonstrations have been peaceful. I hope they cover how smoothly the demonstrations are going, so far.

I think the demonstrators' focus on race is wrong, but they're right that there's a problem with policing. This isn't the best example of it because it involved someone who was tripping on shrooms, assaulting citizens, and who punched a cop hard enough to give him a concussion. I proud, though, to see no violence so far. I get the notion it's a lot of my parents' generation who sing "We shall overcome" at church. Madison is keeping its act together.

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