Well I must confess I hated all language courses in high school and college. My strength was calculus, physics, chemistry and thermodynamics in engineering college.
But the point here is not about whether George Floyd was a good dude or bad dude. It is about snuffing life out of a person suspected of passing counterfeit 20 dollar bill. I blame it more on poor training in police academy. I understand this cop was a rookie.
If you had spent more time on language you would be better able to understand when certain people are trying to play upon your emotions and other instincts through the skillful use of rhetoric and other linguistic ploys.