Body cam videos, shown to reporters and others, give a lot more information about what happened to George Floyd.

Floyd's words and actions sound somewhat suspicious, but he never did anything that justified any violence to him.

A note to Betsy S.

Betsy S met me at a dinner around 40 years ago. I am sure her recounting of her recollections is sincere, but she misunderstood the last thing I said to her. She had said didn't wish to continue the acquaintance. That no, on top of hundreds of other noes, impelled me to express despair; she seems to have misconstrued that as a demand.

Betsy S, I regret that this misunderstanding caused you distress. I never intended to demand anything of you. I only ever wished you well.

Interviews with insiders suggest that the wrecker convinced himself in April that Covid-19 would continue dying away despite reopening businesses, then clung to that false certainty in the teeth of the facts.

This article does not report a hint that he expected this to result in increasing spread of the disease. It says only that he was unwilling to recognize that when it did happen.

However, we have seen indications since then that he and his lieutenants are determined to do that. Just now he has told Republicans not to provide any more money for practical steps that can drive down the Covid-19 infection rate: testing and contact tracing. Nor for the CDC.

Another is his campaign to force states to reopen public schools. Now the wrecker has forbidden CDC officials from testifying to Congress about whether it would be wise to reopen public schools.

The bully has sent federal thugs to Portland, Oregon, to grab protesters off the street with no specific grounds.

The right to protest peacefully is the foundation of the United States. Perhaps the House of Representatives should re-establish the House Unamerican Activities Committee to investigate these and other unamerican acts of trumpery.

UN Secretary General António Guterres condemned the myths that deny global injustices.