Opinion: Post readers across the nation describe how George Floyd’s death and the subsequent protests and debates have changed their lives, and what they hope for the future. Here are some of their stories.
Post readers across the nation describe how George Floyd’s death and the subsequent protests and debates have changed their lives, and what they hope for the future. Here are some of their stories.: At a protest in June, we all kneeled silently in an intersection for
I raised myself upright, like my father demanded at Sunday Mass when I was a child, and looked around for something or someone to anchor me. I saw drivers who were blocked by the protest emerging from their cars and kneeling with us. A cheer went up. I let myself fall apart.Without my consent, my imagination took me to Mr. Floyd’s last nine minutes. I couldn’t get close enough to understand what he was enduring, but I imagined frantic terror and, at the end, profound loneliness.
Suddenly, another police officer threw me to the ground and handcuffed me. Three officers then shoved me into the elevator out of sight of any witnesses. The officers took turns bashing my shoulder into the walls, as blood began seeping through my t-shirt. Being unable to protect yourself while handcuffed is a traumatic experience. It’s a far cry from having a knee on your neck and being choked to death, but as a 17-year-old in the custody of abusive police, I can say I was terrified.
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