George Floyd protests have created a multicultural movement that's making history
LOS ANGELES - Throughout his life, Alan Michnoff's engagement with racial justice issues had been "next to none." Although the 30-year-old North Hollywood resident had always been aware of police brutality against black people, he had not actively spoken up.
Last weekend, as the George Floyd protests swelled nationwide, something changed. Michnoff came across a passionate Instagram post by a friend. "I am emotionally and physically exhausted yet I continue this fight," she wrote, demanding that others not be complacent in the face of racism.
"That just struck a chord with me," Michnoff said. "A lot of people have been saying that. Just hearing it over and over again, and it being perhaps the right time, it finally hit for me."
He donated to local bail bond funds and signed petitions demanding charges against the officers involved in Floyd's death and that of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician who was shot by Louisville, Ky., police in her apartment. On social media, Michnoff found link after link to resources for people seeking to support the movement.
"I felt I had
