How Black Death Morphs Into White Family Wealth

Brian L. Ragsdale
2 min readMay 28, 2020

Derek Chauvin, a White 19 year police veteran, the one who put his knee on the neck and killed George Floyd, a black man, got fired from the Minneapolis police force. The other three were fired as well. I am sickened, saddened and enraged by the use of excessive force by police.

Chauvin will most likely still get his pension, as will his surviving spouse in the event he dies. The money that is raised here will be given to Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression in our fight for community control of police, as well as Freeing Prison…

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Brian L. Ragsdale

I am a multi-hyphenate; writer, poet, researcher, psychologist, singer/songwriter, and painter. All views are mine. I live in a small town in New England/USA.