The Shooting of Daunte Wright and the Meaning of George Floyd’s Death
How much has changed since the events of last spring?
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-shooting-of-daunte-wright-and-the-meaning-of-george-floyds-death
On Sunday, at the rally, Joanie Shafer, a local photographer, highlighting the connections between Floyd and Wright, pointed out that Wright had called his mother on the phone when the officers pulled him over, and that Floyd had called out to his deceased mother as he himself was dying. The implication was that interactions with the police had become so fraught that grown men were enlisting the aid of their mothers, on earth or in the hereafter.