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Brooklyn Woman Baffled by Lack of Punishment for Cop Who Killed Her Son

As a mother who lost her son to police violence, Lorna Wright-Bovell understands the pain George Floyd's family felt and the small measure of justice they received last week with the conviction of the Minneapolis cop who killed him.

When her son Ortanzso Bovell was killed in 2008, the Brooklyn cop who shot him in the back in what the officer described as an accident was not even reprimanded.

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Courtesy Lorna Wright-Bovell Ortanzso Bovell, 25, at a cousin's graduation in June, 2008. As a mother who lost her son to police violence, Lorna Wright-Bovell understands the pain George Floyd's family felt and the small measure of justice they received last week with the conviction of the Minneapolis cop [...]




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