On anniversary of George Floyd s murder, President Biden to meet with family after missing deadline for police reform Rebecca Morin and Matthew Brown, USA TODAY
George Floyd s family marks 1 year since his death
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But the anniversary of Floyd’s murder has come and will go without lawmakers on Capitol Hill coming to a deal to pass legislation that is named in Floyd’s honor.
While lawmakers in Washington continue to negotiate a package on police reform, the White House has downplayed the delay of legislation being passed by the one-year mark of Floyd s death, a deadline that Biden himself set. Instead of focusing on the talks, the president will instead commemorate Floyd s death with his relatives, who will visit the White House Tuesday.
In an image from police bodycam video that the Columbus Police Department played during a news conference Tuesday night, April 20, 2021, a teenage girl, foreground, appears to wield a knife during an altercation before being shot by a police officer Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Police shot and the girl just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd. State law allows police to use deadly force to protect themselves or others, and investigators will determine whether this shooting was such an instance, Interim Police Chief Michael Woods said at the news conference. (Columbus Police Department via WSYX-TV via AP)
Sunderland, Deerfield groups holding march, vigil for George Floyd
Community members line Main Street in Deerfield last summer in a show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Starting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday there will be a march and vigil in Sunderland to honor the memory of George Floyd and other people of color who have been killed by police. Staff File Photo/MARY BYRNE
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Published: 5/24/2021 3:11:03 PM
SUNDERLAND May 25 marks one year since George Floyd was killed by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, and the communities of South Deerfield and Sunderland plan to observe the occasion with a march and vigil.
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Every morning when Edwin Reed goes to work, about 100 yards from where George Floyd was killed, it all comes rushing back.
On May 25, last year, Reed left Sincere Detailing Pros, his Minneapolis-based car upholstery repair shop, around 6:30 p.m. A friend called hours later, saying someone had been killed near his shop. The next day, he learned that it was Floyd a man he d known for a decade, sharing time on the basketball court at the Blaisdell YMCA. When I see the barriers, it feels just like yesterday, Reed says, referring to the barricades in the area around George Floyd Square that have closed the section off to most vehicular traffic for roughly a year now.