‘I’m Not Derek Chauvin … I’m Me’: Black Police Officer Posts Personal Message Online, and It Goes Viral

‘I’m Not Derek Chauvin … I’m Me’: Black Police Officer Posts Personal Message Online, and It Goes Viral
Courtesy of Sadaka Kitonyi
Michael Wing
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Officer Sadaka Kitonyi of the Albany P.D. contributed content to this report.
After footage of George Floyd’s killing spread across the nation, people have been drawing lines in order to explain the injustice: lines between blacks and whites, police and civilians, privileged and less privileged, oppressors and oppressed.

Yet, real life always defies such overly simplistic, ideological lines of division. It may make life simpler to draw them, yet they lack the nuance of truth and deprive everyone of their uniquely beautiful identity.

Michael Wing
Michael Wing
Editor and Writer
Michael Wing is a writer and editor based in Calgary, Canada, where he was born and educated in the arts. He writes mainly on culture, human interest, and trending news.
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