His mother, Viola Elder (1924-2006), became a star, appearing on his nationally-syndicated talk show. He lovingly referred to her as the "Chief Justice", as he is, among many things, a lawyer who graduated from the University of Michigan Law School.
The continuing anti-police abuse protests are a combination of cabin fever from weeks of the coronavirus shutdown, Trump Derangement Syndrome and the "cancel culture," more accurately described as the revenge culture. The revenge culture demands reparations from those who were never slave owners to be given to those who were never slaves.