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The events will also include a number of roundtable discussions featuring activists and family members of other Americans killed by police, including Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, who was killed by New York City police in 2015, and Katy and Aubrey Wright, the parents of Daunte Wright, who was killed by police in a Minneapolis suburb last month.
Floyd was placed in a fatal knee-to-neck restraint by former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin in May last year. The incident was captured on video by a number of bystanders and sent shockwaves around the world. Last month Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder and two other felonies and faces up to 40 years in prison. Three other officers involved in the arrest are awaiting trial.
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The George Floyd Memorial Foundation and the National Action Network are holding a rally and march on Sunday in Minneapolis to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Floyd s death, which sparked worldwide protests and a reckoning on race in the U.S. Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted last month of killing Floyd after pressing his knee into Floyd s neck for more than nine minutes.
The rally will begin at Hennepin County Government Center at 4 p.m. CT. Bridgett Floyd, Floyd s sister and founder of the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, attorney Ben Crump and Reverend Al Sharpton are set to speak.
Members of George Floyd's family, along with others who lost loved ones to police encounters, joined activists and citizens in Minneapolis on Sunday for a march that was one of several events planned nationwide to mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd's killing.