“What's unfortunate is that there's not much (that) has been changed. “The cousin of Emmett Till and the brother of George Floyd both know what it's like to have a family member die suddenly and violently.” And at least 10 arose as the police responded to reports of domestic violence.” More than a dozen involved confrontations with people who were mentally ill or in the throes of a breakdown.
“Of the 64 fatal encounters compiled by The Times for the past three weeks, at least 42 involved people accused of wielding firearms.As of Saturday, the average was more than three killings a day,” the New York Times's John Eligon and Shawn Hubler report. By the numbers: Since testimony at Chauvin's trial “began on March 29, at least 64 people have died at the hands of law enforcement nationwide, with Black and Latino people representing more than half of the dead.
