‘From anxiety to relief’: Local leaders react to guilty verdict in murder of George Floyd
Updated Apr 20, 2021;
Posted Apr 20, 2021
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)AP
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Syracuse, N.Y. Central New York leaders Tuesday expressed relief after a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the murder of George Floyd.
‘I tried to save you’: Community mourns Syracuse baby shot and killed
Updated Apr 13, 2021;
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“I tried to save you, Dior,” Buckmon said again and again. “I tried to save you, baby.”
Later, Desiree Seymore held a picture of Dior Harris, her 11-month-old daughter. She rocked back and forth in her chair before standing up, jumping with the picture in her hands and screaming.
Family members and friends surrounded her, hugged her and tried to restrain her.
“We got you,” shouted several people in the crowd of about 50 people at Dior’s vigil Monday night.
The group gathered in front of 157 Lincoln Ave. to mourn Dior, who was shot and killed shortly before 7 p.m. in the 300 Block of Grant Avenue on Sunday. The vigil was held in the same place Buckmon had driven Dior, two of her own children and Seymore after their car was shot up at on Grant Avenue. Milteshia Seymore, Desiree Seymore’s sister, lives at the address.