I was born and reared in Iowa. My days there were pretty good and thankfully we did not have social media like young people do today. News took a lot longer to get around. For instance, when something occurred in another state you may NEVER hear about it. Not so today. It is known almost instantly.
Nevertheless, (back in those days) when a crime was committed there was normally an investigation and justice was eventually done according to the law. The key there is ‘according to the law’! Well, have times changed! Today, a coloured man is killed by a policeman in Minneapolis and the news is spread not only within Minneapolis and Minnesota but the USA and around the world in a matter minutes.
Now, rather than allowing the justice system to work riots take place all across the country including the corn state of Iowa. So, because one coloured man in Minneapolis is killed by a policeman, in Davenport, Iowa a protest occurs and a girl cry’s out ‘“I lost my sister because you’re so mad at the police you’re hurting everyone else, you’re so mad at the police you killed my sister”.
“Now I’ve got to bury the only person I had in my life, the person that took care of me”.
An Associated Press report names the victim as 22-year-old Italia Marie Kelly, who was killed as she was leaving a protest in Davenport.

“Kelly, who is biracial and went by the last name Impinto, and a friend were getting in a vehicle to leave around midnight because the protest outside a Walmart had turned unruly, Hale said,” according to the report.
“That’s when she was struck in the back by a bullet that went through her shoulder and chest, likely killing her instantly, Hale said. Attempts to resuscitate her were not successful, and Kelly was pronounced dead at a hospital.”’ https://summit.news/2020/06/02/one-of-you-shot-my-sister-protester-killed-by-another-protester-in-iowa/
There is something to learn from all this and that is actions have consequences. Matthew Henry (1662-1714) commenting on 1 Corinthians 15:33 gave some good advice when he wrote ‘Those who would keep their innocence must keep good company. Error and vice are infectious: and, if we would avoid the contagion, we must keep clear of those who have taken it. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed, Pr 13:20.’



