Floyd

In the past five years there have been two high profile murders and they were two very different types of men. Charlie Kirk was born into a White middle-class family in a Chicago suburb. Right after high school he got involved in politics which led to the development of Turning Point USA. This grew rapidly and within a few years there were 3,500 high school and college chapters around the country. He married and had two children and he emphasized the importance of family in his rallies. His philosophy was God, family and country. He was very controversial because he spoke about taboo subjects like Black on Black crime and affirmative action as a replacement for merit. Depending on how his remarks were interpreted he was hated or loved. This is always the case when unpopular subjects are broached. History is clear as the same thing happened with MLK and he too was assassinated. Kirk was assassinated by a lone gunman when he was 27 years old. George Floyd was born into poverty and raised by a Black single mom. He made it into his mid 20’s without much controversy but then between ages 24 and 31 he served 8 jail terms on various charges including drug possession, theft and trespass. In his 30’s he went through a period where he was plagued by drug use. He was murdered by a police officer at age 41. He had severe underlying heart disease, including arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure. His autopsy report found fentanyl and meth in his system. After Floyd’s murder there were violent protest around the world and since Kirk’s death there has been mostly prayers and a push for the country to unite and end the divisions. There are other situations where people born in poverty become productive citizens and some born wealthy become addicts.