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Protesters participate in a vigil in Brooklyn on Tuesday, the one year anniversary of George Floydâs death.Credit.Stephanie Keith for The New York Times
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Black Lives Matter protesters walked over the Brooklyn Bridge on Tuesday.Credit.Stephanie Keith for The New York Times
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Rally and march in honor of George Floyd held in Downtown Dallas
Rally and march in honor of George Floyd held in Downtown Dallas
In Dallas, civil rights activists and their supporters marked the anniversary of George Floyd s death with a rally at the Dallas police headquarters. Activists discussed what’s changed, or hasn’t changed, over the course of one year.
DALLAS - In Dallas, civil rights activists and their supporters marked the anniversary of George Floyd s death with a rally at the Dallas police headquarters. The was also a march in the streets of downtown.
Activists discussed Tuesday what’s changed, or hasn’t changed, over the course of one year.
Floyd’s name and life were mentioned along with many others whose names were written on rocks and placed one by one on the ground. Activists said the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derrick Chauvin wasn t enough.
“There should be oversight in everything. Anything that has finances and policy attached to it there should be oversight,” said Dionna La’Fay with Black Voters Matter. “I think those are the conversations that came out of this tragedy. It created a moment of solidarity. It created a safe space for people to express rage that had been building up for our lives.”