Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

The events that have unfolded in the past two weeks in our country are unprecedented: another senseless killing of a Black man, George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police; an uprising on the part of people of many colors protesting the treatment of African Americans; clashes with police resulting in more death and the destruction of property in our cities; and, as cities have begun to relax COVID-19 measures, a general disregard for the fact that the world is still only in the beginning of a pandemic.

George Floyd’s death represents a new turning point; we witnessed an execution in...