One Small Step for Humanity

 

April 24, 2021

 

Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, the man whom he killed by kneeling on his neck until Mr. Floyd suffocated.

A gut-wrenching part of the tragedy was that, even with video evidence of the murder, there was actually some question about whether Chauvin would be convicted for killing a Black man. Justice has not been done in so many cases, even as far back as the video-recorded beating of Rodney King by police, decades ago, that people were honestly wondering what would happen.

And that’s a shame.

And, sadly, this conviction is only one drop in a bucket. Do I believe that from now on, police officers won’t beat non-white people and get away with it? Nor for a minute.

However, it did set a precedent.

 

It was a tiny step. But it was a step.