It's been five years since Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, setting off a wave of protests across the country and in San Diego County. State of play: In San Diego, that wave converged with the reaction to the arrest two days later of Amaurie Johnson by La Mesa police officer Matthew Dages at a trolley stop.

The Supreme Court on May 27 ordered another look at whether a police officer who partially blinded a teenager during the 2020 George Floyd protests can be sued.

I also wonder, how do we commemorate those who died-by-America? The people who lost their lives because of American circumstance — at the hands of race, class, gender, and othering.