The death of George Floyd and its aftermath changed race politics in America, and not for the good. The choice to pursue a false vision of racial justice rather than addressing the very social problems within black communities has been a mistake of monumental proportions. In this clip from our most recent conversation, John and I discuss what went wrong in America in 2020 and who needs to take responsibility for it.
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I'm watching and re-watching this as well as The Fall of Minneapolis. And I'm reading stuff like this: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/us/minneapolis-police-racism-human-rights.html
which doesn't align with what I saw in the interviews with the clearly heartbroken police, none of whom impressed me as racists. The black cop who trained Alexander Keung was weeping over the loss of one of the best recruits he'd ever seen.
The toxicology reports: the one the family ordered appears to me to be the one insisting that Floyd died of asphyxiation and that the amount of drugs in his system was irrelevant.
But the first report is the one detailing the amount of drugs in his system as well as the general state of his health, including heart problems, a tumor, atheroschlerosis, and lingering COVID symptoms, including the inability to breath, something he said consistently long before and after he was prone. Toxicologists differ and I know next to nothing about medicine. I still wonder why the police didn't sit Floyd up, if only for the optics, after he was being watched by the crowd. Because if you're sitting you can bolt, or are more mobile?
And why is the Fall of Minneapolis film being ignored, as far as I can tell, by places like the NY Times? I can hear people laughing already but I'm still asking because a thoughtful answer is always worthwhile. Police, experts, weigh in.