I just read Neil Degrasse Tyson's _Reflections on the Color of My Skin_
and was struck by one of the last suggestions he made: that George Floyd should
get a full dress funeral, like any police officer shot in the line of duty. And
I heartily agree - civilians wrongly killed by police should be given this
recognition, to point out that the police, supposed guardians of civility and
civilization, failed in their duty. As with the death of any officer in the
line of duty, they should, for some period of time, wear black armbands,
symbols of their shame and dishonor - they're supposed to protect civilians,
not harm them.
