There has been a whirlwind of incidents this year resulting in the deaths of African Americans, culminating in an expression of frustration, outrage and protest. This all too common recurring scenario has ignited an explosion of emotions being witnessed in major cities across the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
George Floyd is the latest inductee into the Black death fraternity at the hands of unjust police brutality. Floyd’s life was snatched away as a white police officer placed his knee on Floyd’s neck for at least eight minutes, while Floyd, handcuffed and prostrate on the ground, was gasping for air and pleading for his life with, “I can’t breathe.”
