George Floyd, From ‘I Want to Touch the World’ to ‘I Can’t Breathe’

HOUSTON — It was the last day of 11th grade at Jack Yates High School in Houston, nearly three decades ago. A group of close friends, on their way home, were contemplating what senior year and beyond would bring. They were black teenagers on the precipice of manhood. What, they asked one another, did they want to do with their lives? “George turned to me and said, ‘I want to touch the world,’” said Jonathan Veal, 45, recalling the aspiration of…