Today, in 2020, it’s George Floyd in Minneapolis, killed by a police officer kneeling on his throat during an arrest for the alleged offense of “forgery.” Cell phone cameras captured the whole thing. Images of a handcuffed black man lying face-down on the street, under the knee of a white police officer, quickly flew around the world. Rioting broke out on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Stores were looted. Buildings burned. Early on Friday morning, fires burned at the Third Police Precinct in Minneapolis, where the four officers present at the death of George Floyd were assigned.
A lynching without a rope — and in America, that’s nothing new
