Police officers kneeling with protesters over George floyd

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Have seen the pictures, they make me feel quite uncomfortable. I understand they are kneeling in forgiveness but it seems quite distasteful given how the poor man died. Aibu?

www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867256439/what-it-is-like-to-be-a-national-guard-member-during-the-riots-in-minneapolis

Article and audio from Chicago's National Public Radio station WBEZ.
He refers obliquely to the problems that make this unrest predictable and understandable.

The UK police do an excellent job of restraining themselves from using guns against British subjects, and that is highly commendable. They are, however, deeply and demonstrably racist.