Our community is reeling with anger and frustration following the killing of yet another unarmed, non-threatening black man by police officers, this time in Minneapolis. We are heartsick at the senseless killings of George Floyd, Manuel Ellis, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery and the sense that we have made so little progress as a country in combatting centuries of systemic racism.
Peaceful protests in all 50 states have highlighted the need for structural change to our policing system across America, especially as the response to numerous demonstrations with aggression has illustrated and underscored this glaring need for reform.
