This is NPR's Life Kit. I'm one of our hosts, Andrew Limbaugh.

The country is hurting right now. Here at Life Kit, we're always here to help,

but like so many of you, we're struggling to find clarity through the chaos of the ongoing

protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, all on top of the pandemic. So today,

we're going to share an episode with you by our colleagues at CodeSwitch, the NPR podcast about

all things race and identity. The episode doesn't have many answers and neither do we.

But we're working hard to find voices that you, our listeners, could use right now.

Just a heads up, this episode contains language and content that may be disturbing to some listeners.

I'm Jean Demby. I'm Shireen Marifalmaraji, and this is CodeSwitch. From NPR.

The family of a Kentucky woman shot and killed by police is demanding answers.

The former cop and his son both white are accused of killing the unarmed black man.

We begin with the breaking news from Minneapolis. Violent protests raged for a second straight

night following the death of George Floyd after being arrested by a Minneapolis police officer.

Last night, protesters turned their attention to the city's third police precinct.

The last few weeks have been filled with devastating news, stories about police killing black people.

And what is sick is that these stories have become the kind of news that we in the business call evergreen.

There are stories that are always relevant and always in season.

These calamities are so familiar at this point that their details have begun to echo each other.

In July 2014, a cell phone video captured some of Eric Garner's final words.

As New York City police officers sat on his head and pinned them to the ground on a city sidewalk.

I can't breathe.

On May 25th of this year, those same words were spoken by George Floyd just before he died.

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