The vigil opened with a prayer. "Lord, we thank you for bringing us to a place of unity," said Bishop Kenneth Pearman. A crowd of about 60 people stood around him as the sun set over Courthouse Square. "To recover from the things that seem to be stolen." The prayer ended, and a megaphone was handed off between community members and leaders. They stepped forward one by one to testify against police brutality and demand reform. A few wore shirts that read "Black Lives Matter," and "I can't breathe." All asked for the same thing: Unity. Tuesday's vigil marked one year since the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a white former Minneapolis police officer. His death was incendiary, caught on camera and shared a hundredfold, igniting months of demonstrations and calls for reform across the nation.