Earl Fowlkes: George Floyd and the American Dream – Opinion
I, like so many Black Americans and people of goodwill, have had to stop and reflect this past week on the death of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement officers in Minneapolis. George Floyd’s horrific death was captured on film — searing the painful images into the collective memory of the nation, a scar on the consciousness of the country and its tortured racial history.Once again, police officers have circumvented the law, assuming the role of judge, jury, and executioner.