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While millions of people mourned for George Floyd, some experienced his loss more personally.

The Post heard from a mother whose child was fatally shot by police, a student who was jailed after peacefully marching, a retired police officer and more: washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…
Georgia Ferrell lost her son Jonathan in 2013 after he was fatally shot by police. The officer was never convicted.

"There wasn’t any justice for my son. I don’t want to feel hurt or anger, but there is never justice for us."
Rev. Otis Moss III preaches at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago's South Side.

"We often want to deal with symptoms and not deal with the actual virus, and it’s a racially inflicted virus that is harming this country, that we have to face as a nation."
Bob Gill is a criminal defense attorney whose clients include former police officers involved in fatal shootings.

"I think a lot of what is happening now makes it harder for the police to do their jobs. I don’t know why anybody would want to be a police officer right now."
College student Ari Tulay was arrested and held for 30 hours after marching peacefully in Louisville. She hopes to become a lawyer.

"The footage is gruesome, it’s brutal. And how many times have we seen Black people die on video at the hands of police brutality? It’s traumatic."
Justin Boardman was a police officer for 15 years and left in part due to what he sensed was growing antagonism between police and the public.

"This is an opportunity to look inside ... as a culture, as police departments and as human beings and to see opportunities for change."
(Photos by JerSean Golatt, Jeffery A. Salter, Kim Raff, Akilah Townsend and Diana King)
George Floyd's death and Derek Chauvin's trial hold different meanings for a college student, a retired police officer, a pastor and others in America.

Read their full reflections on the trial: washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…

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