Black Lives Matter- Choosing What to Stand for
America is burning. Riots have erupted all across the country in protest against the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year old African American man at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. The police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 48 seconds, suffocating George until he breathed his last. This incident is only the latest in a series of incidents of police brutality towards African Americans. However, it was a spark that rekindled memories of vicious incarcerations, unfair trials and the perpetual fear and discrimination perpetuated against this specific group of people in the supposed ‘land of the free’. Martin Luther King once said, ‘a riot is the language of the unheard’. And that is exactly what is happening as African Americans and others who believe in their cause are taking to the streets, raising their voices, crying out against the disgusting racism that still flies without consequence. Meanwhile, law enforcement and the National Guard h...