Carl Hiaasen: You’d think we’d have learned after Miami’s McDuffie riots. George Floyd’s death proves we haven’t
by Carl Hiaasen, Miami Herald
Jun 08, 2020
3 minutes
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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