The Washington Post’s six-part series, “George Floyd’s America,” examines the role systemic racism played throughout Floyd’s 46-year life. The series is based on a review of thousands of documents and more than 150 interviews with Floyd’s friends, colleagues, public officials and scholars. “George Floyd’s America” will publish throughout October. How systemic racism shaped Floyd’s life and hobbled his ambitionBy Griff Witte and Toluse OlorunnipaGeorge Floyd’s 46 years in America show that his life was shaped by the very forces people are protesting after his death — entrenched poverty, systemic racism, a broken criminal justice system and police violence. Several of Floyd’s contemporaries were caught in a similar cycle of arrest, charge, bail, jail and release.

Source: Washington Post October 12, 2020 15:22 UTC