We are always on fire, even when they refuse to see it
Over the weekend, all across the world, people took to the streets to proclaim, once again, “Black Lives Matter.” The spark that ignited the protest this time was the recorded murder of George Floyd, a Minneapolis father, brother, and son, who’s life was taken by an officer who held his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 45 seconds. While in the midst of a different pandemic people across America risked their lives to bring attention to the joke of justice, this time a third degree murder charge. If you’re like me you probably didn’t even know a 3rd degree murder charge was possible. Two weeks prior to Floyd’s murder, many Black Americans hit the trails to run or walk in solidarity with the family of Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery, a south Georgian brother, son, and nephew, was shot and killed by a white supremacist father-son duo who accused Arbery of stealing. Much of mainstream media learned of Arbery’s death recently, however, he was killed back in February. His murderers...