Conor Thomas: When Blacks are killed by police, Americans have short memories

Seven months ago, America was horrified by the murder of George Floyd. Millions took to the streets to demand justice for his death.Many White Americans became open to learning and unlearning things they thought they knew about racism in America. Knowledge spread through anti-racist books, Instagram posts, Tweets and genuine conversation. News coverage of the story was constant. There was hope that America would not view this as an isolated incident, but as evidence of a racist pattern in our po