In the midst of the Corona Pandemic the murder of George Floyd, a man of color from Minneapolis, Minnesota, by  uniformed police officers,  for no apparent reason and in plain view and recorded for the world to see, came as an incendiary reminder of the distinct possibility that things are out of control in the United States of America. Beyond any of the particulars concerning this heinous crime, consideration of the fact that the institutional framework of American society is shattered has to be a possibility that thinking people of conscience must weigh. The delay in arresting the perpetrators and the failure of authorities to acknowledge immediately the gravity of the crimes showed that race remains central to the way in which justice is ignored or delayed rather than administered with impartiality.  As has been heard in response to other such incidents, too many to list in this short statement, “I’m tired of being tired about this kind of treatment”. For those not tired, the bomb and the bullet can be the remedy sought. Ballots seem deaf and inert to the needs of the oppressed and persecuted, and “Burn Down The House”, becomes an appeal to tortured reason and aggravated frustration.