Black Lives Matter: Account for Awakening Views

June 4th, 2020|

By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: Only recently, we had a 24-7 news bubble on the coronavirus pandemic, and it didn’t seem like anything could break it. Now, however, our television screens are filled with scenes of protest and violent confrontation. The national outrage following the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis on May 25th, has boiled over into demonstrations, curfews, and conflicts in most major American cities. The protests against police violence, along with what many would call an over-militarized response, has yielded continuing examples of exactly what they’re protesting. All in all, it is another reminder