Emotional schools chief Tony Thurmond vows to address racism in public education [edsource.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 6/4/2010:13 AM

By Dana Lambert, EdSource, June 1, 2020

California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond’s voice broke as he recounted the last moments of George Floyd’s life as he lay dying on a Minneapolis street.

“I am haunted by the sound of his voice, begging to breathe, begging for life and we must address that trauma head on,” Thurmond said during an address on Facebook Monday. “We must have hard conversations.”

Floyd, an African American man, was asphyxiated by a white police officer who pinned him to the ground with his knee for more than seven minutes, according to an independent autopsy released today.

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