Thus far, the politics of the protests have gone as well as one could hope. The injustice of the Floyd death is apparent even to right-wingers, and Trump has been (correctly) viewed as an arsonist, not a firefighter by a large majority of the general public. Biden’s lead in the polls has consequently increased. It’s 1968 in reverse.
But potential danger lies ahead. America is going to lose interest in the protests barring any additional dramatic episodes of police brutality. The right will find martyr policemen to publicize; that’s just a matter of time. And, above all, the left is likely to overreach. The country already rejects the notion of defunding the police; fortunately, Biden and Pelosi have already put that one to bed on a national level. My bigger concern is that the focus of the argument will turn from overly aggressive police tactics that people like me find deplorable to concepts of white guilt, privilege, and reparations. On that road, my friends, electoral disaster lies.