The US left reaps what it sowed after George Floyd

It feels like several millennia ago but can you remember the reaction to George Floyd’s killing five years ago? I’ll help: it was extremely weird. US police brutality against black men was hardly unknown, but, for a variety of reasons, when Floyd was choked to death by a police officer in Minneapolis it kicked off global riots and a social justice movement that quickly became less about effecting change and more about controlling people’s speech.Media organisations paid out millions to diversity consultants to teach their employees right-think about race, and “black” was gifted a solemn, respectful capital letter. People were...