While the death of 46-year-old George Floyd was just one in a long history of incidents that see unarmed Black Americans suffer at the hands of police, his final moments were put on public enough display that they inspired a worldwide re-evaluation of police brutality and systemic racism.
And while it remains unclear as to what long-term impacts this apparent reawakening will bring about, it's clear that many more Americans have had these issues on their minds in the last year than they have for decades.
One powerful example of this heightened awareness could be seen in how one incident on a Missouri highway was resolved.