The New York Times ran a Memorial Day “news analysis” marking five years since George Floyd was killed while being detained by police in Minneapolis in the summer of 2020: “5 Years After George Floyd’s Murder, the Backlash Takes Hold — The Black Lives Matter movement, kicked into high gear after Mr. Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020, has given way to the politics of ‘white grievance’ championed by President Trump.”
Symbolism over substance reigned from the first paragraph of the story by Clyde McGrady, a D.C. based-reporter who covers “how race and identity is shaping American culture.”
Black Lives Matter Plaza is gone from Washington, D.C. The bold yellow letters that once protested police violence are now paved over, though police killings nationally are actually up.
What does one have to do with the other?
The Justice Department…
