So much hinges on the trial of George Floyd's killer.
We live at a time where deceivers in the highest offices of the land increasingly insist that we Americans can't trust what we see.
That's an undeniable part of Donald Trump's destructive legacy, through his relentless lies (some 30,000) over four years.
Truth has become a mere inconvenience to so many of Trump's fellow Republican sycophants still insisting their cult leader had no culpability in the Jan. 6, Capitol Hill coup attempt that was clearly orchestrated by Trump and left several Americans dead.
But, that all will be tested as final arguements are heard today and the case is handed off to the jury.
If former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, who crushed the life out of Floyd by kneeling on his neck and back for some nine minutes last May, were to get his freedom, all Americans could soon lose ours -- amid the resulting chaos.
A guilty decision lays the groundwork for change. But it will still be a rocky road to healing and enduring justice.
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