A Tale of Two Intentions
The Best and Worst of Violence
8 min readJun 14, 2020
On May 25th, 2020, an already subdued defenseless man, after nearly nine minutes of pleading for his life, struggling to breathe, and then calling for his mother, was killed by four Minneapolis police officers. Since his death, residents in every state, and citizens of nations all over the world, participated in peaceful demonstrations in support of George Floyd and the…