1. He said, “Please, Officer” numerous times.
2. He struggled to breathe, pleading for his life, for several minutes.
3. The officer remained on his neck after he lost consciousness.
5. Citizens begged unsuccessfully for the officer to get off of him or to at least check his pulse.
6. The other officers present appear to have done nothing - physically or verbally - to protect George from his attacker.
Here are some thoughts of my own.
It is not inconsistent to be a patriotic American and simultaneously angry that racism remains inextricably woven into our national culture. You can love America and demand she change.
#BlackLivesMatter is not about opposing police, it’s about advocating good police work.
All of us, myself included, must perpetually ask ourselves what we have done to proactively undo systemic inequality and dismantle institutionalized racism that benefits us.
I’ll end with a paragraph of his that I think about often.
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