Longstanding tensions in the US USA They just exploded: Short has already lost the opportunity to remain silent

“It was too much”

Lithuanian Skirma Kondratas, who lived in the United States, stated in the “Delfi Diena” program that this is not the first protest against racism. She remembers being a student and participating in them herself.

“First of all, I would like to make it clear that this is not the first major event.” Well, though I haven’t heard everyone turn on. (…) Every 15 to 20 years there is one or another revolt. “Such large-scale demonstrations, protests, the Constitution assures, if done peacefully and without looting,” he said, recalling the Los Angeles riots in 1992.

Then it resulted from the brutal treatment of the black Rodney King by the officers, who were chased by the officers, brutally beaten, but the police were acquitted. Within days of the Los Angeles riot, dozens of people were killed, more than 1,200 wounded and 12,000 wounded. They were arrested. Numerous houses and cars were burned, at least $ 1 billion in damage, only the army managed to quell the unrest. However, the roots of anger in American black society go even deeper.

“It just caught our eye then. Until 1965, blacks in the southern states were certainly second-class citizens in the true sense of the word. They lined up, there were several thousand of them, they killed unnecessarily. (…) has accumulated here, our sociologists have studied, such traumas are transmitted from generation to generation, “said S. Kondratas in the” Delfi Diena “program.

When asked to explain why these events are happening now, Kondrat said the country’s leader, D. Trump, also contributed to that.

Why this year? Donald Trump has been leading in a very unpredictable way for three years, once he praised the general, and once again praised. (…) He fails to mobilize people, perhaps even rejoices in overthrowing them. The coronavirus began, all at home, stress among blacks, they felt that racism on the rise, racists raised their heads more boldly under the D. Trump government than before, “- the Lithuanian, who has lived in the United States For many years, he shared his thoughts on the program.

“The coronavirus has increased stress, quarantined people differently. Putting it all together, as we have seen with our own eyes, how a person kills in cold blood, and begs him not to, would allow him to breathe. That was too much, “he assured.

Why is this happening?

Another Lithuanian living in the United States, Arūnas Pemkus, said that during his visit to this country, he felt that although American democracy was 200 years old, the Constitution had ensured equality as soon as possible, but some were more equal than others.

“If we now see that the monuments are translated in the southern states, we could remember what we are doing here in Lithuania. What monuments do we want to translate, what stories do we want to preserve,” said the interlocutor.

He also mentioned possible causes of racial hatred on the show.

“It just caught our attention then. Skirma participated in the protests when she was at the university, there were protests, but they were not for equality because it was already legalized.

Conditions have already been created under which an African American has even more rights to enter college simply because he comes from that society. And then the question arises as to whether the most talented should enter university or the workplace, or whether some percentage should be included. And then there is friction, “said A. Pemkus on the show.

Kondrat considered that perhaps the behavior of police officers in the United States was so cruel due to culture.

“Perhaps there is part of the culture, the conquest of the West, there are always heroes and cowboys. If there is a police officer, then it is great. You know, this is the culture, ”said S. Kondratas.

She said that several court rulings that a police officer could not be held responsible for certain actions were “very encouraging” for corrupt police officers.

“They are all with rifles, they get surplus weapons from the military,” the interlocutor said of the trend in recent decades when officers armed with automatic weapons.

A. Pemkus said in the program that it is almost impossible to help local communities from abroad if they do not want to do it themselves.

“Let’s say Chicago, the inhabitants of this city are like Lithuania. With suburbs perhaps 10-12 million. Driving through this city are places where it is very scary. When it comes to murder, more than 1,500 people were killed in this city last year, and more than 90 percent of them take place in black neighborhoods. Why? For drugs, gang wars.

It can be said that this may be due to a poor society. But each racial community that joins must have its own leaders to deal with internally. If you don’t help yourself, how can you be asked to help them? “- A. Pemkus shared his opinion on the show.

I lost the opportunity to remain silent.

The President of the United States, D. Trump, has received much criticism for these rallies and protests. But whether it will affect the November presidential elections is too early to say.

“It just caught our eye then.” It certainly does not guarantee it will be removed, but it did not help, “said S. Kondratas.

A. Pemkus stated in the “Delfi Diena” program that D. Trumpas lost the opportunity to remain silent. Rather, he could have made better use of this mayhem to sting his opponents, but he didn’t.

“I really don’t want to defend Trump. But I mean, he accepts that he’s discriminating against the public with his Twitter account. Here’s his style, I don’t like it. In this case, I missed the opportunity to remain silent. Instead, I could Having said, look where those conflicts are going. Democrats are mayors in every city, they supervise the police, there are riots in democracies, “said A. Pemkus.