The death of George Floyd, an African American man who was suffocated while being apprehended by a Minneapolis police officer, sparked protests all over the country. I outrightly condemn Floyd’s heinous death and I hope that the police officer(s) responsible will be brought to justice.
What my father, Michael Naim, had to experience on the morning of May 30, however, was not protest. It was destruction. My dad has worked in the same jewelry booth at 700 S. Hill St. in downtown Los Angeles since as long as I can remember — 1999, to be exact.
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