On Monday, May 25, 2020, a disturbing video of a 46-year-old man (George Floyd) being murdered in broad daylight by four (4) white police officers, seized our various news feeds on every social media platform, and other online media outlets.

· The killing of an 18-year-old BLACK boy (Michael Brown) on August 8, 2014, by a white police officer (Darren Wilson) for some reasons yet known.

· The killing of a 50-year-old BLACK man (Walter Scott) by a 33yrs old white Police officer (Michael Slager) on April 7, 2015 in North Charleston - South Carolina.

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· The brutalizing of a 64-year-old BLACK, deaf man (Pearl Pearson) in Oklahoma by a white police officer (Eric Foster) in 2014.

Let Floyd's death, which shouldn't have happened in the first place, set the stage for a renewed American commitment to the ideals of an equal and nonracial society, enshrined in the universal convention on the human rights which preamble states:

"Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,

Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observa

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