Statement of the Socialist Party USA National Action Committee - June 1, 2020 On Monday, May 25th, George Floyd was murdered in cold blood by Minneapolis police. While tragic and unconscionable on its own, this brazen act of racist aggression is only the most recent example of the police, beholden only to the capitalist state, using excessive force to inflict harm on the people they falsely claim to serve. The police exist to maintain social order as defined by the capitalist