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May came to a wild climax. We saw a video of a Minneapolis policeman kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, an African-American who was supposed to resemble the description of a man who passed a counterfeit twenty dollar bill. Floyd died lying face-down in the street, after trying to tell the policeman that he couldn't breathe. Other people tried to get the policeman to lift his knee. Protests were peaceful, but after dark, anarchists, right-wing
agents provocateur and thieves rioted and looted in several cities. San Francisco declared a curfew from 8pm to 5am. The policeman who knelt on Floyd's neck was arrested after a few days. The three policemen who were with him have not yet been arrested.
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| New York Times, 24-May-2020 |
People continued to die in large numbers from the TrumpVirus. The numbers were rising rapidly in states that opened up businesses too soon.
The Market Street Railway's San Francisco Railway Museum has been closed because of the TrumpVirus. Early on the morning of 31-May-2020, during the after-dark looting, people broke into Market Street Railway's San Francisco Railway Museum. They stole tee shirts but left historic items untouched.
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In better news, on 30-May-2020, SpaceX made the first launch of humans into space from the United States since the last Space Shuttle launch in 2011. The first stage landed on the recovery vessel and the Crew Dragon docked with the International Space Station on 31-May-2020. The astronauts, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, enjoyed the trip. I wish them a safe trip home.
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