Irish Examiner View: Cure cannot exacerbate the disease

Martin Hong was allegedly attacked in Ballyphehane on Saturday night.

It is deeply reassuring that it is all but impossible to imagine that any person could suffer the fate of murdered George Floyd at the hands and knees of a member of An Garda Síochána. 

That appalling death, and the power of social media, renewed protests about America’s cancer — deep-rooted racism. That President Trump is happy to stoke those embers in the expectation of a November dividend shows how deeply ingrained racism still is in the land of opportunity.