passing of the spirit
hello, my first post...hope I don't break any rules...many years ago i had a friend, my age and a true hippie...lovely man...he got sick..deteriorated quickly...I went over to see him...sat by his bed and he died with me watching...I heard his last breath...his body and face changed as his spirit past...it was a special moment...one that has obviously stayed with me...this memory came back to me while thinking about what happened to George Floyd...knee on the neck...I wonder what the police officer who was kneeling on Floyd's neck thought as he felt him take his last breath and feel his heart stop? while continuing the pressure of his knee on his neck...
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too often it is not allowed to be... the police officers (Chauvin) are devoid of the empathy and humanness needed to respect the other...
this is the pain of Covid: not being able to be with loved ones... I often cry when I hear the stories... my partner has a compromised system and that is what worries me... even now, if he goes to the Doctor, I cannot be there with him
welcome to this crazy place 
Welcome aboard! Glad to have you here at DU.
Profoundly moving first post.
I've been with three people when they passed.
Two were my parents and one was a friend.
It's a spiritual moment. (And I'm not talking religion.)
And it was especially so with my parents. They were there for me when I entered the world. I was there, holding their hands when they left. And that is how it should be.
George Floyd and his family had everything taken away from them in that moment. And instead of being surrounded by family and going gently, he was murdered while begging for his life. 
Wonderful first post! I have wondered too, but I do not think sane folks can comprehend what goes through a murderer's mind.
