Formula for volatile week of protests had been percolating years, race-relations experts say

It was a trifecta of tragedy that sparked a week of protests volatile and peaceful alike, but decades of racial inequality and systemic injustices created a tinderbox that allowed it to flourish — and it’s going to take significant social reforms to get the fuel out of the fire, local race-relations experts said this week.
If there’s one name to associate with the recent spate of protests and riots, it’s George Floyd, a black man who was killed by a white police officer i