In the last hour of his life just over a week ago, African-American Minneapolis resident George Floyd’s repeatedly pleaded “I can’t breathe … please stop.” He deferentially asked Derek Chauvin, the white officer with his knee on Floyd’s neck, to remove his knee, repeating, “Please, please, please.” As the world now knows, Chauvin didn’t listen. Generally, fanatics don’t listen—whether they are religious zealots, racists, sexists, […]
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