The Bent Musket · Jun 10, 2020
We Stand with Clyde. Black Lives Matter
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images On May 25th, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by the Minneapolis Police Department. Suspected of having used a counterfeit $20 bill at a grocery store, he was roughed up by four officers and then held on the ground, a knee to his neck, for over eight minutes, until the life had drained out of him and he lay dead on the street.
George Floyd. Say his name.
In response to this murder, protests and uprisings have erupted throughout all 50 states and the world over, lashing out at a system of order that too often fails to serve the most vulnerable in society.