George Floyd Five Years

George Floyd Five Years

George Floyd’s uncle reflects on the fight for social justice 5 years after police killing

Five years ago today, George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. Video of the event sent shockwaves around the world and triggered an American reckoning with racial justice and police use of force. For our ongoing series “Race Matters,” John Yang speaks with Selwyn Jones, Floyd’s uncle and co-founder of Justice 929, about his family’s continued fight for civil rights and police reform.

The brutal murder that led Floyd to utter the last words "I can't breathe" became a war cry, triggering a wave of mass protests at the national and international levels, demanding an end to racism and reforms in police organs. George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man in poverty, was arrested for a minor incident related to an alleged fake ticket. While he was immobilized on the ground, Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his neck with his knee…

We Are Living Through the Whitelash Five Years After George Floyd Was Killed

President Trump’s actions may ultimately spur the return of Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles and beyond. The post We Are Living Through the Whitelash Five Years After George Floyd Was Killed appeared first on .

George Floyd Five Years Later: What We Should Have Learned - Liberty Nation News

By Leesa K. Donner Five years ago today, police were called to Cup Foods, a grocery store in south Minneapolis, because the clerk believed a man had passed him a counterfeit $20 bill. Thus began the story of George Floyd’s death and the ensuing outrage that sparked race riots across America. It was a tumultuous period in the nation’s […]

Nekima Levy Armstrong: Five Years After George Floyd, the Fight for Justice

Nekima Levy Armstrong reflects on the unfulfilled promises since George Floyd’s death and urges continued community organizing and accountability in the fight for justice. The post We’re still here, still fighting, still demanding more appeared first on Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.