OPINION / VIEWPOINT
By Xin Ping Published: May 26, 2021 08:06 PM
A visitor attends the free public art exhibit Justice for George: Messages from the People at Phelps Field Park near George Floyd Memorial Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the US. Photo: AFPMay 25 marks the first anniversary of George Floyd's murder. A long and painful year passed, yet what has and has not changed in the US?
The unprecedented mass protests Black Lives Matter last year have driven the Biden administration to pledge to overhaul American policing laws. To make a gesture, President Biden called on the Congress to pass a major police reform bill ahead of this year's anniversary. While congressional negotiations are still in the process and far from yielding any concrete results, the Floyd tragedy keeps repeating itself across the nation. Lindani Myeni's death last month, for instance, has triggered the outrage of another country.