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Next Tuesday marks one year since a now-convicted Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd sparking protests nationwide.
The George Floyd Memorial Foundation will mark the anniversary beginning this weekend with multiple events.
A rally will be held Sunday afternoon in downtown Minneapolis, followed by a virtual day of action Monday and the final remembrance event on Tuesday, titled a celebration of life.
George Floyd s sister, who started the foundation, spoke about what May 25 means to her. As close as the day comes I get a little stronger than I was last year … been through so much, said Bridgett Floyd. Had no choice but to be strong and carry this weight and carry this position that God has put me in. I didn t see it coming, none of us did.”
Zaki Hasan May 12, 2021Updated: May 14, 2021, 7:22 am
Christopher Meloni (foreground) plays Detective Elliot Stabler in the new “Law & Order: Organized Crime.” Photo: Virginia Sherwood / NBC
Thirty-one years after the first “Law & Order” premiered on NBC, the Dick Wolf-created franchise continues to captivate audiences with “ripped from the headlines” stories about cops and crooks.
Having racked up more than 1,100 episodes through seven shows (with “Special Victims Unit” already the longest-running live-action prime-time series in U.S. television history), the reason for the franchise’s enduring appeal isn’t hard to divine: It’s TV comfort food, imagining a world where the worst crimes are tackled by the best detectives, and everything is neatly wrapped up in the span of one hour and five commercial breaks.
Commentary Will Leftists Continue Push to Defund Police, Despite 2020 Murders Spiking by 25% and Arrests Slumping by a Third? By Jenny Beth Martin | May 10, 2021 | 11:52am EDT
Police officers stand in riot gear. (Photo credit: Johnny Louis/Getty Images)
As supporters of our nation’s law enforcement officers kick off this year’s commemoration of National Police Week, radicals continue to urge demobilization and defunding of police. But a new study shows a clear connection – when policing is reduced, violent crime soars. For those who insist on “following the science,” the evidence is in and the proper policy response is clear: We need more, not less, respect, and funding, for law enforcement efforts.
Krista Vernoff, showrunner and producer for the ABC drama
Station 19, said 25 names appear at the end of the show’s George Floyd-inspired episode, because as “a middle-aged white lady” she was “not equipped” to write the story on her own.
In writing Thursday night’s
Station 19episode, “Get Up, Stand Up,” which touched upon the death of George Floyd, Vernoff said in an interview with
the Hollywood Reporter that she invited her “diverse” body of actors, writers, and support staff to share their ideas and perspectives, as she felt unequipped as “a middle-aged white lady.”
While the 25 names who weighed in were not formally credited a decision that came down from the studio each name was nonetheless listed on an end card that flashed at the end of the episode, along with a message stating that Vernoff’s script fee was donated to the Color of Change Education Fund.