The Candice Malcolm Show - The far-left has hijacked the George Floyd protests

In the wake of the recent shooting of a man by a police officer in Minneapolis, many are questioning whether or not the officer was justified in using deadly force. In this episode, Candace Candelajole talks about the radical leftist agenda behind the protests and riots that have erupted across the U.S. since the shooting.

00:00:00.000 Like you, I have been glued to the news over the past few days, watching as peaceful protests

00:00:10.560 have descended into riots, looting, arson, chaos, lawlessness, and anarchy. Perhaps the saddest part

00:00:19.400 in all this is that this was an opportunity for us to find unity and to promote justice together

00:00:25.200 out of a truly horrendous situation that was captured on tape. Several videos show a Minneapolis

00:00:31.960 police officer using deadly force to constrain and ultimately kill 46-year-old George Floyd.

00:00:39.420 It appears as though it's a clear-cut example of police brutality. The officer pressed his knee

00:00:46.360 into the man's neck for eight excruciating minutes as people watching pleaded for him to let the man

00:00:54.340 breathe. But he didn't. Instead, George Floyd died. There was immediate outrage, an immediate agreement

00:01:02.360 that this was not in any way a justifiable action on behalf of a police officer. In fact, I have yet to

00:01:09.880 see a single person come out in defense of that officer, who by the way, has been fired, arrested,

00:01:16.940 and charged with third-degree murder. The other three officers on the scene have also been fired

00:01:22.800 for their indifference to what was essentially a state-sanctioned murder. Americans took to the

00:01:29.820 streets in large numbers to demonstrate. They used their constitutionally protected rights to free

00:01:36.820 speech and freedom of assembly, and they had support and the solidarity practically of the entire world.

00:01:43.800 Everyone agreed the situation was unjust and that Floyd was wrongly killed. But instead of joining

00:01:50.600 together to mourn in the senseless death and to reflect on aspects of policing that perhaps lead

00:01:56.300 to brutality, things like how police are trained, how to deal with officers who break rules and don't

00:02:02.220 follow orders, and again, perhaps perverse incentives that exist within trade union contracts that end

00:02:09.500 up increasing crime accidentally. Instead of taking any of these measures or talking about any of these

00:02:14.260 issues to try to ensure that no more innocent people are killed at the hands of an overzealous police

00:02:21.860 officer, instead the movement was hijacked. Violent activists and anarchists began organizing and

00:02:30.020 instigating riots. They smashed windows, facilitated looting and ransacking both of local businesses as well as big

00:02:38.900 box stores. They set fire to police stations, to churches, and to businesses. And instead of stopping

00:02:47.060 these riots, officials across America ordered police forces to stand down and essentially give rioters

00:02:55.220 space to riot. Meanwhile, many journalists and pundits in the media were busy fanning the flames of the

00:03:02.340 situation, defending and justifying and promoting these riots. They claim that America and Canada too

00:03:10.660 are evil, racist societies that deserve to be burnt down. They don't see instances of racism as an obstacle 0.99

00:03:20.340 to overcome in an otherwise free, peaceful, and just society. Instead, they see instances of racism as

00:03:28.420 systemic, the very foundation of our societies, something that is built in, that we can never

00:03:34.500 overcome without radical and foundational change. And so these advocates call for the tearing down

00:03:42.660 of our entire society, every aspect of our system, including free markets, private property, the rule of

00:03:49.940 law, and our legal system. That is why they're chanting, eat the rich, and looting in Beverly Hills. And that is

00:03:57.780 why Black Lives Matter Toronto leaders are calling for police services to be defunded, entirely defunded.

00:04:06.980 Even the most basic principles, like individual rights and freedoms, are being overshadowed and

00:04:13.060 undermined by collectivist and tribalistic ideas. That's what we're seeing in these protests that make

00:04:19.860 them different and far more intense than protests and riots in the past. Collectivism is center state.

00:04:28.580 They tell us that all cops are murderers, that they're all responsible for the killing of George

00:04:33.620 Floyd. They believe that all white people are unconsciously racist, and that all white people 0.98

00:04:40.100 are responsible for slavery, segregation, and income inequality. They think that all men are sexist 0.95

00:04:47.460 purveyors of the patriarchy, all Christians are backwards-minded and homophobic, and all Trump supporters 1.00

00:04:54.100 are racist white supremacists. This is collectivism, and it was the driving force behind the carnage and 1.00

00:05:01.780 destruction of both communism and fascism in the 20th century. And that's the most worrying part about

00:05:09.300 these protests and riots. They're tainted with the ideological furor of the radical far left. A radical

00:05:17.700 far left that pushes a narrative of oppression, division, hatred, chaos, and ultimately destruction.

00:05:27.460 It's clear they think our system is rotten, and it's clear they want to tear it down. But what is less

00:05:34.100 clear is what would replace our system. That's the problem. These activists have no idea what would

00:05:40.580 replace it. And that is the scariest part. They're either so ignorant of history that they don't know what

00:05:47.220 happens when you tear apart a liberal democracy and try to replace it with an elusive utopia. Or perhaps

00:05:54.580 they're just too nihilistic to care. Either way, this will not end well. For True North, I'm Candace Malcolm.

The Candice Malcolm Show - June 09, 2020

The far-left has hijacked the George Floyd protests

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