Americans remember George Floyd on fifth anniversary of death

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgmjzyp0kwzo

In Houston, where Floyd grew up and where he is buried, local organisations planned poetry sessions, musical performances and speeches by local pastors.

Floyd was murdered in 2020 during a police arrest in Minneapolis when Chauvin, a white police officer, stood on his neck for more than nine minutes.

The killing - captured on a bystander's phone camera - sparked global outrage and a wave of demonstrations against racial injustice and police use of force.

Chauvin has been serving a 22-year prison sentence after he was convicted of murdering the 46-year-old. Other officers were convicted for failing to intervene in the killing.

In a post on X, Rev Sharpton said Floyd's death had "forced a long overdue reckoning with systemic racism and galvanized millions to take to the streets in protest".

"The conviction of the officer responsible was a rare step toward justice, but our work is far from over," he said.

In the wake of Floyd's death, under former President Joe Biden, the justice department opened civil investigations into several local law enforcement agencies, including Minneapolis, Louisville, Phoenix and Lexington, Mississippi, where investigators found evidence of systemic police misconduct.

@congruent said
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgmjzyp0kwzo

In Houston, where Floyd grew up and where he is buried, local organisations planned poetry sessions, musical performances and speeches by local pastors.

Floyd was murdered in 2020 during a police arrest in Minneapolis when Chauvin, a white police officer, stood on his neck for more than nine minutes.

The killing - ca ...[text shortened]... hoenix and Lexington, Mississippi, where investigators found evidence of systemic police misconduct.

@Rajk999 said
Is that the best the black community has to offer .. a career criminal? The police knew the man to be a gun toting, drug addict who terrorized people in his area. Im pretty certain the police were fed up with him.

A white policeman should not be judge/jury and executioner, so he should not have killed him on that day with the world watching. There are others too :-

Killing of Tamir Rice

Killing of Eric Garner

Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

Killing of Freddie Gray

@congruent said
A white policeman should not be judge/jury and executioner, so he should not have killed him on that day with the world watching. There are others too :-

Killing of Tamir Rice

Killing of Eric Garner

Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

Killing of Freddie Gray