Even as crime rates have plummeted and American life has retreated indoors, the worst excesses of law enforcement remain ever-present in the interactions that still take place. zakcheneyrice writes
Memorial for George Floyd in Minneapolis. Photo: Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images The last few months have acted as a stress test for American institutions, which have had differing levels of success in bearing the weight of the pandemic. Among the most fragile are those meant to promote public health. The most resilient are those that call for public violence, even death.
Meanwhile, the question of whether individuals and local governments will treat pandemic safety with a shred of public-spiritedness is often guided by their fealty towards the president and his political agenda, which entails a mix of racist faultfinding and downplaying the virus’ severity to juice economic numbers.
Recent developments in Minnesota affirm the resilience of a law enforcement apparatus that has proved stubbornly immune to the shifts roiling society at large. On Monday, George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis. Cell phone footage shows the handcuffed black man pinned to the ground, a white officer’s knee digging into his neck, another Asian-American officer keeping onlookers at bay. Floyd can be heard gasping, “I can’t breathe,” as bystanders beg for the police to relent.
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