The Crisis
The crisis is the police.
Police started this crisis by murdering George Floyd.
Police escalated the crisis at every protest in the country:
The ongoing protests following the killing of George Floyd were caught up in violence again on Saturday, as police all over the country teargassed protestors, drove vehicles through crowds, opened fire with non-lethal rounds on journalists or people on their own property, and in at least one instance, pushed over an elderly man who was walking away with a cane.
The crisis is a crashing wave of police riots overtaking the country.
The Crisis to Come
Police politics are white supremacist politics; police politics are Trump's politics.
The fundamental political question of the year is whether Trump can be made to relinquish power upon his election defeat.
Forcing Trump from power will require an unprecedented wave of protest.
To preserve our democracy, we will have to make it clear that the country cannot be governed as a Trump dictatorship.
It's now clear we will have to do so in the face of violent police repression everywhere.
This is a dress rehearsal; whether it is a dress rehearsal for tragedy depends on what we do now.
Prepare. Support Black people. Develop the connections, community, trust, strategy, and tactics that will be necessary for the crisis to come.