A Week of Grief and Rage
George Floyd, 100,000 COVID Deaths, and the Ugly Truth
Protesters in Santa Barbara took to State Street late Friday night to protest the murder of George Floyd. | Credit: Daniel Dreifuss
If you weren’t mad, it used to be said, partially in jest, you must not be paying attention. These days, it’s no longer a joke.
This past week was lightyears beyond rough. Lost in all the din, the United States quietly exceeded 100,000 COVID-related deaths and 40 million first-time unemployment applications. What kind of a din can drown out numbers like that?
Turns out the death of a guy named George Floyd and the Minneapolis cops who killed him almost a week ago. Floyd’s murder highlights — yet again — the extent to which we’re still rowing in very different boats, even if we’re all floundering together in the same hot water. Among Floyd’s last words were, “I can’t breathe.”
