By Ebony Flake· Updated December 22, 2022
In May 2020, a nation frustrated by months of lockdowns watched a 46-year-old black man named George Floyd murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. A recording of the brutal incident, caught by a bystander, streamed on social media timelines and news broadcasts worldwide. The gravity of the incident, combined with a bleak, pandemic-induced social mood, grasped the country by the scruff