Racial Violence against Black People: The I Can't Breathe Murder and the Trump’s Administration Reaction

Abstract

Throughout history, African Americans have been suffering cruel forms of violence, both outside and inside the lines of the law. Even after the abolishment of slavery ,the racial violence inflicted on Blacks persisted until the present time. The George Floyd murder stands as an episode of the racial violence series against African Americans. Additionally, the reaction of Trump's administration echoes prior events going back to the Post-bellum era when mob violence, vigilantism, and lynching were committed in broad daylight with the approval of the local government. The current study aims at assessing Trump's administration's reaction to the police killing of the African American man, George Floyd. It was carried out in order to better understand the efficacy of Trump's approach to dealing with race-related issues.For this, the qualitative inquiry in hand depends basically on historical and descriptive methods. Major results are revealed ,the murder of Floyd mirrors a reflection of the legacy of racial violence imposed on Blacks in the old days. Besides that, the response of Trump's government to the killing of George Floyd signified the American administration's inability to handle the civil unrest properly.