When I think of America’s trajectory since the murder of George Floyd, I can’t help but hear in my head the lyrics from the Notorious B.I.G.’s 1994 hit “Juicy”: “It was all a dream.”
Five years ago this week, George Floyd—a part-time bouncer, rapper, and former high school athlete—was killed in broad daylight by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was later found guilty of murder. The slaying was captured in a cell phone video by a daring teenage onlooker named…