The knee that continues to haunt Chad Bianco — but really shouldn’t

It was June 2020, barely a week after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by police officer Derek Chauvin.

Tensions were high and would only get worse in the weeks and months to come as a racial justice movement swept the country, fueled in part by the ongoing despair and anxiety of the coronavirus pandemic.

During a protest in Riverside, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and a group of his deputies addressed the crowd in a mature and sensible manner.

“We want you all to be here.