LINCOLN- The killing of George Floyd has impacted people in ways that the many other recent shootings and killings of black people in America have not.

Many have said they really didn't understand the extent of the racial inequality in this country — inequality and discrimination that has been highly present for 400 years — but now they are ready to listen and learn. So it is with this Nebraska lawmaker, Lincoln Sen. Suzanne Geist, who has been so disturbed by the Floyd killing she took to Twitter this week to talk about it. The May 25 killing of Floyd in Minneapolis, a city 6½ hours by car from her home, opened Geist's eyes wide.

On Wednesday, she started the conversation on Twitter.

"This post has been one that’s very difficult to find the right words but I must say something. The tragic events we’ve watched over the past week have helped expose a deep wound in our society that must be discussed and acted upon," she tweeted. "It has shook me to the core that this is happening and I didn't see it," she said.

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