It's impossible to tell if this is the turning point demanded by so many or just another expression of anger punctuating the latest outrage before the next act of police brutality, writes chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams.
"While we obviously cannot change the past, it is clear that we must change the future," the head of the International Association of Chiefs of Police said.
Trump does like to surprise. But a heartfelt appeal to unify the nation and an apology for past wrongs would be out of character. They spoke of an end to police brutality, to institutionalised racism. They wanted a safer, kinder more equal society. More than 1,300 people die at the hands, knees or guns of police in America every year. Floyd will add to that number.
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