George Floyd, Revolutions, and the Path to Justice

By Jon Hersey

There is a great controversy now going on in the world between the despotic and the republican principle. —Harriet Beecher Stowe¹

Like most people I know, I watched videos of the events that led to George Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, in shock, horror, and disgust. After a merchant called police reporting that Floyd used a counterfeit $20 bill in his sto…