![]() ![]() The Floyd family can finally grieve, knowing at the very least that George’s murderer will at the very least be held accountable for an unconscionable act of violence. I’m told there were tears, relief, silence, reverence. There were no great dance parties on the streets in Minneapolis. My biracial sister says she can’t find her words or celebrate this “win.” It’s hard to consider any innocent man’s murder a win- in any way. Let’s just sit with this verdict and feel it. Still, this is the moment for Black lives to matter. And I recommend reading Black trauma therapist Resmaa Menakem’s My Grandmother’s Hands to get better insight and more compassion into how police violence against BIPOC harms us all and is a trauma response for us all. ![]() I know people say, “What about the cops? They risk so much and there are two sides to everything.” Yes. Let’s not make this another “But what about ?” We must become stronger and more proactive as allies in a Civil Rights struggle that will not end until all men and women of all races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic statuses are treated as equals. Our Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) brothers and sisters are getting slaughtered nearly daily and this must stop. We get defensive and fragile and say “All lives matter.” We make things worse with our micro-aggressions and ignorance.īut that’s not good enough. We get distracted and self-absorbed and convince ourselves we’ll care later. ![]() I know we get caught up in our own dramas and traumas. But it is a drop, and drops can create ripples, and ripples can create waves, and waves can create a sea of change.Įvery single one of us needs to care about this. No excuses. Make no mistake about it this is only the first step of a marathon, a drop of justice in an ocean of injustice. It is too soon to get too hopeful, but we can- for one day- breathe the breath George Floyd had robbed from him as he cried “I can’t breathe.” And this is only one case where accountability has been carried out- only because of the staggering amount of evidence. This verdict cannot give the Floyd family their beloved back. Yesterday was a momentous day for Civil Rights, when ex-policeman Derek Chauvin, who was filmed on video murdering George Floyd, was found guilty of all three charges of murder and manslaughter- and a policeman was finally held accountable for an egregious abuse of power that stole a life unjustly. ![]()
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