George Skelton: After George Floyd's death, we need action: Fire bad cops now
California schools chief Tony Thurmond reacted instinctively when his car was pulled over by a highway patrolman. Thurmond is black. The officer was white.
"I put my hands on the dashboard," Thurmond told me. "My heart was pounding out of my chest."
Why was he pulled over?
"The officer never said. I don't think we were speeding."
The "why" doesn't matter in this case. That's not the point.
The point is that one of the highest-ranking elected officials in this reputed progressive state - the superintendent of public instruction - possesses such
