A year after George Floyd s death, Pennsylvanians are still fighting for change
As Chad Dion Lassiter reflects on the civil rights movement during the last year, he thinks of two moments in recent history that shaped where we are today.
On Aug. 26, 2016, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat during the playing of the national anthem before the team s third preseason game. The following week, he kneeled.
His silent protest against racial injustice set off a nationwide debate that included former President Donald Trump calling on NFL owners to fire players who kneeled during the anthem.
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed outside of a grocery store by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who kneeled on Floyd s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds.
Pa. Legislative Black Caucus says policing legislation remains one of their priorities this session
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Members of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus (PLBC) called Wednesday for continued action on policing and ending systemic racism.
It came one day after a jury in Minneapolis found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three charges filed against him for the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.
“The more than nine and a half minutes Chauvin spent disregarding and taking the life of a Black man laid bare the truth of policing of Black and Brown people in America,” state Rep. Donna Bullock, chairwoman of the PLBC, said in a release. “The verdict in this case gives me relief, but the families of Daunte Wright, Breonna Taylor, Adam Toledo and many others are still waiting on this kind of justice. We need to continue to work together to bring about the change the PLBC, our Police Reform Working Group and lawmakers across the nation have been worki
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Questions about the shooting of Christian Hall by the Pennsylvania State Police have not gone away since the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office ruled the use of force justified.
For activist Treandous T.C Cuthbertson, these questions demand answers: Who gave the order to shoot? When did Hall become a threat to the officers? Why did the statement from the Pennsylvania State Police say that Hall pointed his gun at them “when the video evidence disproves that”?
Hall was carrying what turned out to be a realistic-looking pellet gun when he was shot on a highway overpass on Dec. 30, 2020. His hands were raised when he was shot, and as far as the available video shows, the gun was pointed up and away from police.
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