Editorial: A year after Floyd murdered, reckoning still elusive
Express-News Editorial Board
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People gather around the site of where George Floyd was murdered to celebrate the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd’s death captured the nation’s attention, but the work for reform continues.John Minchillo /Associated Press
One year ago today, George Floyd was murdered on a Minneapolis street. As much as the killing of one person can change a nation by jolting it into self-examination and steering it in unexpected directions, the death of Floyd did that for the United States.
But it was only the documenting of Floyd’s lingering and suffocating death under the knee of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020, that made this possible. The cellphone recording by 17-year-old Darnella Frazier elevated it from simply being another Black man dying in police custody to an inflection point in our nation’s hist
DISTRICT 4: Adriana Rocha Garcia
DISTRICT 6: Melissa Cabello Havrda
DISTRICT 7: Ana Sandoval
DISTRICT 10: Clayton Perry
Three other incumbents (denoted with an asterisk) did not reach 50 percent in the May 1 election and now are facing a runoff election involving the top two vote-getters:
DISTRICT 1: Roberto Treviño vs. Mario Bravo
DISTRICT 2: Jalen McKee-Rodriguez vs. Jada Andrews-Sullivan
DISTRICT 9: John Courage vs. Patrick Von Dohlen
Two other races also went to runoffs. Both districts had no incumbent running because council members Rebecca Viagran and Shirley Gonzales are term-limited:
DISTRICT 3: Phyllis Viagran vs. Tomas Uresti
DISTRICT 5: Teri Castillo vs. Rudy Lopez
Voters in City Council districts 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9 can cast ballots in the runoff election. Voters in City Council districts 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 already elected their council members, so they are not eligible to vote in the runoff elections.
In runoff for San Antonio s District 1, three-term councilman fights for a final stint
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Treviño recently spent a day campaigning in his district.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Bravo places one of his signs in a yard.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Bravo, facing incumbent Roberto Treviño in a June 5 runoff, talks to a resident as he campaigns in the district.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño, who is in a run-off with candidate Maria Bravo, block walks in a Monte Vista neighborhood.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less