One victim was retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn, who was shot and killed by a looter. Dorn’s widow, Ann Dorn, is a retired officer herself and she describes the lasting impact of the riots, including a dangerously understaffed police force. She also says none of the money raised by BLM went back into the communities that suffered and she’s working to hold corporate backers of BLM accountable. That’s just one of her energetic initiatives to make sure her husband’s death was not in vain.
Next, BLM raised $90 million in the year after George Floyd’s death. In America Q&A, we ask: Do you recall hearing how that money was spent?
Finally, in our second America Q&A, as the CDC loosens COVID guidelines, we ask people across the country: Do you think the pandemic is over?