Parents and siblings of Black men killed by police urged people during a discussion in the city where George Floyd was killed a year ago to join them in pursuing legal changes they say can make more deaths less likely in the future
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It is a fraternity, they said, of which no one wants to be a part.
On the dais at the downtown Minneapolis hotel Monday was the mother of Oscar Grant (killed in 2009 by transit police in the Bay Area). Next to her was the mother of Eric Garner (killed by a New York police officer in 2014), who was seated next to the mother of Trayvon Martin (killed by a neighborhood watch coordinator in 2012). A few seats down was the mother of Daunte Wright (killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer last month).
Family of those killed by police speak at panel for anniversary of George Floyd s death article
A panel of people including those who have lost family members at the hands of police, spoke at a panel ahead of the first anniversary of George Floyd s death.
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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Family members of those killed by police across the United States joined together in a panel to discuss racial equality as part of the events for the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death.
Katie Wright is the mother of Daunte Wright, who was killed six weeks ago by then-Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter.
A memorial for George Floyd in South Minneapolis. Credit: Chad Davis/Wikimedia Commons/ CC-BY-SA-2.0The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin one year ago today sent shock waves around the world.Just over a month after Chauvin was found guilty of murdering the 46-year-old father of five, the world will commemorate one year since…
Emotional photos capture the celebration of George Floyd s life
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A man raised his fist at an event commemorating the anniversary of George Floyd s death at the Salvation Army Harbor Lights Center on May 25, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His shirt says Rest in Love over a photo of Floyd.
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Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of George Floyd s murder by a police officer, and with it came an outpouring of commemorative events in U.S. cities, abroad, and on social media.
People gathered in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Atlanta, London, Edinburgh, and elsewhere to celebrate Floyd s life and to remind the world that while awareness of police violence and racism in America has increased, progress is still too little and too slow. Floyd s name has become synonymous with the movement against police brutality and a motivating factor in ongoing protests for racial justice. In a somberly rare moment of accountability, his murde