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.
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A man accused of raping and stalking several women in the Philadelphia area last week will remain in custody in his home state of Indiana after federal prosecutors there charged him with new gun and drug offenses, law enforcement officials said.
Kevin Bennett, 28, was arrested in Indianapolis over the weekend. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner on Monday said it may take weeks before he is extradited back to Philadelphia to go before a judge here.
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Bennett not only faces the charges in Philadelphia and Indianapolis, but he is also being investigated for sexual assaults and gun charges in as many as eight states, authorities have said.
Republicans say the strategy of tying Democrats to violence and the defund the police movement likely won’t play as well in large cities, but it could become an issue in some key districts.
“I think our urban areas and our cities, they’ve been mostly captured by the Democrats and particularly by the progressives, that it’s going to take a lot to shake those voters away from that sensibility,” Naughton said.
Krasner’s primary win in Philadelphia is a key example of progressive control over reform efforts in the nation’s biggest cities.
“If Krasner had lost that would have been a big deal, that he won isn’t as much of a big deal,” Naughton said.