Carl Hiaasen: You’d think we’d have learned after Miami’s McDuffie riots. George Floyd’s death proves we haven’t
The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers was recorded by horrified bystanders and posted for the world to see. Reaction was instant — widespread heartache and fury, protesters filling the streets of more than a hundred cities.
These days, it’s hard to kill somebody in a public place and get away with it. Eyewitnesses all have phone cameras, and the videos don’t lie.
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