The collective sigh of relief that followed was not America’s alone. The gruesome torture and murder of George Floyd at the hands of the authorities sparked a global reckoning on race.
And for a brief moment, there was the simple answer. Black lives do matter. There will be justice and there will be peace. America had done it.
Leaders around the globe weighed in on US justice in an unprecedented fashion. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote on Twitter that he was “appalled” by Floyd’s death and welcomed the verdict; his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau hailed “accountability” but…
