'Will we Americans ... relentlessly demand answers and reforms after the death of yet another black man who spent his last breath pleading with a policeman to let him breathe?' writes Cedric L. Alexander for CNNOpinion
Cedric L. Alexander served some four decades in law enforcement and other areas of public service leadership. A CNN and MSNBC contributor, he is the author of"In Defense of Public Service: How 22 Million Government Workers Will Save Our Republic." The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.
On Monday evening, police in Minneapolis were called about someone trying to pass a counterfeit bill at Cup Foods, a neighborhood grocery store. Two officers responded to the alleged forgery in progress, saw a man matching the suspect's description and ordered him out of his car. He complied but then, according to police,"physically resisted."
Cedric L. AlexanderWhat we know next comes from a bystander video on Facebook Live which circulated widely, showing a white officer with his knee on the neck of George Floyd, an African American man. He is pinned down, his cheek pressed into the asphalt of the street just behind the right rear tire of the Minneapolis Police SUV. If he had resisted, he is not resisting now. Clearly, he cannot. It's a horrific video. But in too many ways, it's a rerun. "Please, please.
NYPD Commissioner: Garner's death must have a consequence 01:46Well, of course, we are living in a time of unprecedented stress, as a pandemic virus threatens to deprive each of us of the breath of life. But this is no excuse. What happened to Garner in 2014 took place in a time of prosperity and health. Police officers are only as good as the training their department provides them. They are only as good as the culture their department creates for them.
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