George Floyd memorials

I didn't watch the memorial service for George Floyd, but I've seen clips of the speakers and singers (depending on which cable channel you watch, some are edited to throttle hate and emotions, and some to give the message of redemption in Christ). I'd seen articles about him in the Christian media--he had from all appearances, made a commitment to Christ and had tried to help others like him who had prison records. He wasn't an anarchist

It's a bridge too far for me to pretend how black Christians feel when they see a man eulogized whose crimes were against blacks, and for which he served a number of prison terms. I won't pretend to know the terror of the black pregnant woman he threatened with a gun to her belly nor understand the haters consumed by a photo of our President with a Bible, but revel when celebrates grabbed photo ops at Floyd's memorial. He was high on drugs (autopsy) when he committed his last crime, but the trial for that certainly wouldn't have been death. Like Chauvin he deserved his day in court. Neither will get that. These are crazy times.