Quote Originally Posted by Gofer Blue View Post
OK, that’s your interpretation. I have a different one, sorry. I understand a metaphor to be a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them e.g. rivers of tears or drowning in money.

IMO the use of the word pandemic is not a metaphor in this instance. There is no likeness or analogy between the killing of people by racist white policemen and the killing of people by COVID 19 virus. The use of the term pandemic in these emotionally charged times implies some kind of mass slaughter of black people by the police.
Cool. I think you're interpretation is still wrong.