For those of you who have watched the full video of the intentional murder of George Floyd, a black man, by a white policeman, you have A pretty good idea of how my wife and I feel. If you haven’t watched it all the way through, steal yourself and do so. Everyone in America needs to experience this viscerally, to honor this man’s memory. This man did not deserve to die, and the evidence is clear that these police officers committed a horrifying betrayal of the public trust.
We are white people, but we have an adopted son who is black, and beautiful grandchildren who are black, and we have some direct experience with the fears that black families have every day. This has got to stop. I am writing this because this incident needs to be given much more attention on the daily kos website. Our beautiful city is in turmoil. The police precinct is in my neighborhood. We have heard helicopters and flash bang grenades constantly over the last two days. Last night we grabbed our black lives matter sign and drove to the site of the protests, where most people were gathering peacefully. There were hundreds of people gathered, perhaps over 1000, demanding justice, demanding the arrest of the police officer, as our mayor has requested. Unfortunately, some looting stores had started, and after we left, we heard That an auto parts store Directly across from the police station was set ablaze. More protests are scheduled, Community anger is at a very high-level, The police are responding forcefully, and I fear that innocent people will be hurt.
Please join us in hoping for peace, and justice, for all!