I will make it simple for you. They are protesting how little respect the US Government and local police have for the lives of people of color. We start wars, kill thousands of people of color, allow the police to be brutal murderers and we think this is the essence of being a proud American. America reaches for the gun for all its foreign policy and it is no wonder the local police do the same. We are not a good government but we have good people who have been brainwashed into thinking we are more special than other people who also get up in the morning and try to earn a living all around the world. We just slaughter them and don't care. Better?