By Shaila Dewan, Photo: Jason Andrew/The New York Times, The New York Times, February 27, 2022
On an early Monday morning in a chilly classroom in Baltimore, a diverse group of recruits to one of the nation’s most troubled police departments gathered for a new kind of training. The screen flashed a photo of a man whose face is now familiar to the world.
“What happened to George Floyd?” the instructor barked.
“He was lynched,” one trainee responded. “He was murdered,” another said.
“How many other officers were there?” the instructor asked.
Many knew the answer: “Three.”
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